NEW BETHLEHEM \u2013 The Redbank Valley Chamber of Commerce and its New Bethlehem businesses are looking to say \u201cThank you\u201d this Friday, June 26, with the annual Customer Appreciation Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a way for the chamber and its businesses to give back to community and customers,\u201d chamber events coordinator Gennie Gerow said.<\/p>\n
She noted that this year, 34 businesses are signed up for the Customer Appreciation Day passport promotion.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can start picking up your passports at 9 a.m. at the Alltel [Windstream] building\u201d along Lafayette Street, Gerow said.<\/p>\n
The free promotion, provides one passport per person, age 12 and older, to take around to the participating businesses to collect a stamp at each site.<\/p>\n
Everyone who collects all the stamps and returns their passport to the Alltel building by 3 p.m. on Friday will be eligible for one of two grand prizes.<\/p>\n
Gerow said this year\u2019s grand prize for adults will feature four week-long passes to the Clarion County Fair, as well as a $100 gift card for A-Plus Sunoco Mini Mart, a $100 gift certificate for Joe\u2019s Pizza and Italian Restaurant, a $50 gift card for Tom\u2019s Riverside and four tickets to the Erie Zoo courtesy of The Leader-Vindicator.<\/p>\n
For kids ages 12 to 17 who complete the passports, they will be eligible for the grand prize that includes four tickets to the Pittsburgh Zoo courtesy of The Leader-Vindicator, as well as gift certificates for Burger King ($50), Joe\u2019s Pizza ($25), Sweet Delights ($25) and Char-Val Creamery ($25).<\/p>\n
Not only will the people who complete passports be eligible for one of the grand prizes, Gerow said each will also receive a complimentary sheet of Chinese auction tickets.<\/p>\n
The Chinese auction prizes, donated by local businesses, will be displayed in the Alltel building throughout the day. Additional tickets for the auctions are also available for purchase. Those who complete passports, can purchase extra sheets of the auction tickets for $5 each, while anyone else can purchase sheets for $15 each.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some very nice Chinese auction gifts this year,\u201d Gerow said.<\/p>\n
She noted that all passports must be turned in by 3 p.m., and the drawing will take place at 3:30 p.m. It will be recorded and shared on the chamber\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n
In addition to the passports and prizes, Gerow said Customer Appreciation Day will also feature a number of giveaways, sales and other specials offered by the participating businesses along the route. She said she knew some of the passport stops would be offering free coffee, hot dogs, drinks and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d like to thank all the businesses that are participating this year, and those who donated auction items,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Also during the day, she said that kettle corn vendor Steve Nolf will be set up in front of Broadwood Towers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a great day, so come on out and see what the many businesses in New Bethlehem have to offer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s participating passport stops include: Tom\u2019s Riverside, Charles P. Leach Agency, Canyon Coffee, TechReady Professionals, Redbank Valley Public Library, A-Plus Mini Mart, Gumtown Community Market, Valley Flowers and Gifts, Trailside Tattoos and Tans, Clarion County Community Bank, Klingensmith\u2019s Drug Store, S&T Bank, Hoak Insurance, Edgewood Heights, Southern Clarion County Regional Police Department, Village Pizza (starting at 10:30 a.m.), Shirey\u2019s Overhead Doors, Fox\u2019s Pizza, REMAX Missy Rupp Team, The Jewelry Shop, The Leader-Vindicator, Auto Parts Service, Redbank Valley Chamber of Commerce, Broadwood Towers, Hager Law Offices, Redbank Valley Community Center, Valley Advantages, Leatherwood Academy, Uni-Mart, NAPA Fisher & Father, MPS Pro Services, Calico Systems, Goodwill and Melted Moments.<\/p>\n
Maps of all the locations will be available with the passports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW BETHLEHEM \u2013 The Redbank Valley Chamber of Commerce and its New Bethlehem businesses are looking to say…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[10094,153,155,154,98534,9628,87504,98533,28],"class_list":["post-227034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-auction","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-international-travel-documents","tag-new-bethlehem","tag-passport","tag-passports","tag-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}