Thursday, January 31, 2008

Welcome To Oak Park's "Shop The Village"

From Nov. 28, 2008 through the end of January 2009, Shop The Village gave incentives to people to shop at participating Oak Park businesses.

If you don't see your ticket number listed in our weekly winning numbers, PLEASE HOLD ONTO YOUR TICKET(S)!

All tickets collected during the program will be combined for a drawing on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

At that time, a lucky shopper will have his or her ticket selected for the $4,000 Mega-Gift, consisting of prizes from each of the approximately 120 businesses participating in Shop the Village. (Winner need not be present to win. Claim must be made by Feb. 25. Backup tickets will be drawn to ensure a winner.)

CLICK HERE FOR THE WEEKLY WINNING NUMBERS!!

Click here to visit the Wednesday Journal's rapid-check system to see if you are holding a winning ticket.

Click here for a video and other details addressing common questions.

About 120 businesses participated in the program, from 11 business districts throughout the village (see our campaign sponsors on the links to the right).

Here's how Shop The Village works: On every purchase of $25 from participating Oak Park businesses, customers receive at least one ticket to be entered into weekly drawings for gifts. (Shoppers receive one ticket for every $25 increment. An $80 purchase, for example, nets three tickets.)

There were nine weekly drawings, with 12 or 13 winners each week. Each of those gifts has a minimum $25 value from participating businesses. (Note: gift certificates are pre-assigned to a given drawing, so winners will not necessarily receive a certificate from the business where they initially shopped.)

At the end of the program, during a Feb. 11 event, one lucky shopper will win more than $4,000 worth of gifts, one from each of the participating businesses.

Keep coming back to this site for regular updates, including video clips of the weekly drawings and interviews with business leaders.

Do you have additional questions? Maybe at least one of them is addressed in this "Shop The Village Q & A" directed toward both businesses and customers.

For more details, contact Matt Baron at 888-713-6589, or Matt@InsideEdgePR.com,

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