What's happening in the South Queens Chamber of Commerce and the Business Community.

1. Passport Ballots - shoppers/visitors will come to your store and get a stamp on their passport ballot (no purchase necessary, browsing the store is encouraged). Once visitors get 9 stamps, they can drop off their passport-ballot at participating stores. 

Draw Prize: Queens County Businesses Gift Certificates or Specialty items.

2. Purchase Ballots - shoppers/visitors who spend $15 or more at your store are eligible to fill out this ballot. Any purchase of $15 or less, can still fill out a purchase ballot and will be placed in the Passport ballot box. 

Draw Prize: Queens County Staycation experience. White Point generously donated a 1 night stay at a cottage or guest room for 2 people, this includes dinner and breakfast vouchers!!  SQCC will also add a pair of Astor Theatre gift cards, and other suggestions are welcome for this prize.

Food Crawl - Participating food establishments will create a combo package worth $5 - $10 (retail), and let SQCC know what this combo is.  Food establishments will collect the tickets as a form of payment for the combo for Dec 3rd.  At the end of the event, SQCC will payout the amount of tickets collected based on the value.  We will sell the tickets to the public for $5 each, and will only be valid on Dec 3rd.

Astor Theatre will be our "Event HUB"

10am - 12pm - Story time with Santa in the lobby area. Bring your kids to meet and greet Santa.

11am - Meet & greet PPJ cast at the Astor on stage.

1pm - 2pm - Mersey Band2pm - 5:30pm - Live band and performances by your local artists (closing act by Alex Wentzell)

- Christmas Photos by Amy Mac Gowan (Free for first 65 kids/families, sponsored by SQCC) at Exit Realty Liverpool

- Face painting at MacPhersons until 1pm 

- Centerpiece Workshop (Tentative)

- Live Window Painting at 194 Main Street 

- Cookie Decorating and Craft Table at Home Hardware

Who will provide the ballot boxes?

SQCC will provide each participating retail establishment 2 ballot boxes: 1 for passports ballots & purchases under $15; and 1 for purchases over $15 for the Staycation grand prize.

We are understaffed, but would like to participate, can SQCC help?We advise you to get a volunteer to help with stamping the passport and directing shoppers to the ballot box. We also suggest that purchase ballots are only provided by the cashier(s) after customer purchase.If you still need help, please let SQCC know ASAP, and we might be able to provide volunteers for a limited time.

What happens to our ballot box at the end of the day?
SQCC volunteers will stop by to collect the ballot boxes at your store closing time. If participating, please let us know your hours.

Do I need to be an SQCC Member to participate?
No, you don't need to be an SQCC member to participate. If you're not yet a member, we hope you'll think about joining as it helps fund for SQCC initiatives to build a thriving business community.

I'm already hosting an event at my store? Do I need to participate?
You do not need to participate if you have an event going on in store. However, we would love to know about your event so we can promote it, just send us the details!

Just reply to this email if you have any questions, or call/text Rigel at (902) 517-4060.  Participating stores will be provided a mistletoe to hang by their entrance!