{"id":41134,"date":"2025-11-17T14:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=41134"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:39:47","slug":"saratoga-chamber-launches-love-our-locals-campaign-to-support-county-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2025\/11\/saratoga-chamber-launches-love-our-locals-campaign-to-support-county-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga Chamber Launches Love Our Locals Campaign To Support County Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41135\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/11\/lol2025-1v-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/11\/lol2025-1v-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/11\/lol2025-1v.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Dixon promotes the Chamber\u2019s Love Our Locals $20.25 campaign.<br \/>Couresy Saratoga Chamber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>kicked off its Love Our Locals $20.25 campaign, an initiative that emphasizes the importance of supporting local businesses and nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign began Oct. 30 and continues throughout the remainder of the year. During this time, residents and tourists who support any business or nonprofit in Saratoga County by spending or donating $20.25 or more are eligible to enter a gift card giveaway. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Individuals are encouraged to submit their receipts of $20.25 or more online at www.saratoga.org\/love-our-locals to enter. Each week, the Chamber will randomly select winners for $100 in gift cards to businesses across the county.<\/p>\n<p>While the campaign takes place during the holiday shopping season, it is designed to support a wide variety of businesses and organizations from the retail, dining, service, entertainment and nonprofit sectors. Eligible purchases can include a chiropractor adjustment, teeth cleaning, eye exam, hair care appointment, car repairs, home improvement projects, dry cleaning, hotel stays, dining at restaurants, concert tickets, landscaping, snow removal, fitness club memberships, floral deliveries, toys and holiday decorations. Donations made to area charitable organizations are also eligible for entry. Spending $20.25 or more at any locally owned Saratoga County business or nonprofit gives folks a chance to win in this months-long giveaway campaign with unlimited entries, multiple weekly winners and a variety of gift card prizes!<\/p>\n<p>Love Our Locals $20.25 is generously sponsored by many area businesses that donate gift cards as the prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its fifth year, this campaign started during the pandemic as Save Our Locals $20.21, which resulted in more than 2,000 entries from locals whose purchases directly aided in the county\u2019s economic rebound from COVID-19 restrictions. In 2022, the Save Our Locals program was recognized with a New York State Tourism Excellence Award from the New York State Tourism Industry Association.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><span class=\"\"><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>Since then, the campaign was renamed Love Our Locals and remains a popular and purposeful annual effort.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of how this initiative has grown over the past four years, and we\u2019re thrilled to launch it once again,\u201d said Todd Shimkus, president of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce. \u201cLove Our Locals was created to energize our local economy and encourage area residents to shop local and donate to local causes as 2025 comes to a close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information on Love Our Locals $20.25 is available at www.saratoga.org\/love-our-locals.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses that would like to donate gift cards and be featured in this campaign are invited to email &#108;&#x6f;&#118;&#x65;&#111;&#x75;r&#x6c;o&#99;&#x61;&#108;&#x73;&#64;&#x73;a&#x72;a&#116;&#x6f;&#103;&#x61;&#46;&#x6f;&#114;&#x67; for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce\u00a0 kicked off its Love Our Locals $20.25 campaign, an initiative that emphasizes the importance of supporting local businesses and nonprofit organizations. The campaign began Oct. 30 and continues throughout the remainder of the year. During this time, residents and tourists who support any business or nonprofit in Saratoga County [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":41136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Saratoga Chamber Launches Love Our Locals Campaign To Support County Businesses - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2025\/11\/saratoga-chamber-launches-love-our-locals-campaign-to-support-county-businesses\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saratoga Chamber Launches Love Our Locals Campaign To Support County Businesses - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce\u00a0 kicked off its Love Our Locals $20.25 campaign, an initiative that emphasizes the importance of supporting local businesses and nonprofit organizations. 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