Sheldon, Iowa — November is just about here, and the Christmas shopping season is just around the corner.
As usual, the Sheldon Chamber and Development Corporation and several Sheldon businesses are helping you stretch your Christmas shopping dollars with Merry Money. Sheldon Chamber Director Shantel Oostra tells us about it.
(as said:) “This year we are once again going to sell a hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars worth of Merry Money and that will be available for sale next week Tuesday, November 3, and we do have a change of location from where we normally are. We’ll be out at Crossroads Pavilion Event Center and that will begin at 7 a.m.”
She reminds us how Merry Money works.
(as said:) “You can purchase the money at a ten percent discount and it’s a total of 2,000 dollars per household or business that can be purchased.”
Oostra says the businesses and two organizations team up to make Merry Money available.
(as said:) “The SCDC office partners with the marketing committee and we offer a 5% discount we cover the 5% and then the participating businesses take a 5% discount on their sales. So that’s where the 10% discount comes in.”
So, Oostra says it’s just like saving ten percent on all your holiday purchases — or other purchases for that matter, as long as you make those purchases by Christmas Eve, December 24th.
There are 43 different Sheldon businesses that are taking part in the Merry Money program this year. Again, it will be available on November 3rd — Election Day — right next to the voting polling place — at the Sheldon Crossroads Pavilion from 7:00 a.m. until it’s gone.
