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Home » Buy Local And Win This Christmas

Buy Local And Win This Christmas

December 13, 2019 by Maggi Barnard

Get ready to delight in the fun and entertainment tonight from 5pm in Templar and Rankin Streets.

Share the Christmas spirit by shopping locally the festive season. The Find It In AMAZING Forbes Christmas Promotion will run until 24th December. Draws will begin with 10 x $500 draws at the Christmas Festival on 13th December in Templar and Rankin Streets.

Further draws will take place on 24th December from 12pm and will be made up of the following amounts; 5 x $1,000, 2 x $2,500 and 1 x $5,000.

The Forbes Business Chamber is very excited about this year’s Christmas Carnival and has lots of new activities, food, rides and interactive play added to the program. Santa will be making an appearance along with some dancing elves and both the centre and small stage will have a full program.

Collect your tickets at any of the following sponsors and participants: Forbes Services Memorial Club, Terry Bros. Carpet Court, Acheson’s Home Timber, Steele Technology, Vandenberg Hotel, Little Extras, Flannery’s Pharmacy, Walkers Ag N Vet, Forbes Family Dentist, Turners Furniture One, News On Rankin, Forbes Vet Clinic, Helloworld Travel, Powertools Plus, Undercover Sleepwear, Gunn’s Mensland, Made Of Fridays, Bron’s Hair Design, The Bakehouse, Life Pharmacy, Agriwest, Betta Home Living (Forbes), Loomzys Fish N Fix, Bernardis, HozPots, Blush Beauty, Bowns SportsPower, Euphoria Road, Chapter Two, Cahills, Allure On Main, Painted Daisies and Phillip Wells Optometrist.

“It is very important to make sure you put your correctly completed ticket into the provided boxes that each business has on display,” said Marg Duggan.

This is a fantastic opportunity for Forbes residents to win big by shopping locally so please support this wonderful initiative by the Forbes Business Chamber.

 

Free rides will be available to keep children entertained.

 

Free activities will keep children of all ages and abilities busy.

 

Free rides will be available to keep children entertained.

 

There is something for everyone at the Find It In Amazing Forbes Christmas Carnival.

 

WINNING Why Leave Town Cards are valid until the 30th June 2020 and are redeemable at the following Forbes businesses:

Acheson’s Home Timber – Bronze Sponsor, Agriwest, Allure on Main, Bernardis, Betta Home Living, Blush Organic Beauty, Bowns Sportspower, Brons Hair Design, Cahills Footwear, Chapter Two, Flannerys Pharmacy, Forbes Family Dentists, Forbes Inn, Forbes Services Memorial Club – Silver Sponsor & Participant, Forbes Shire Council – Naming rights Sponsor – don’t issue tickets but you can redeem WLT, Euphoria Road, Gunn’s Mensland, helloworld Travel, Hozpots, Life Pharmacy, Little Extras, Loomsey’s Fish N Fix, Made of Fridays, News On Rankin, Painted Daisies, Phillip Wells Optometrist, Powertools Plus, Steele Technology – Bronze Sponsor, Terry Bros Carpet Court – Silver Sponsor & Participant, The Bakehouse, Turners Furniture One, Undercover Sleepwear, Vandenberg Hotel – Bronze Sponsor & Participant and Walkers Ag N Vet.

Supporters for this promotion are: BWR Accountants, Central West Diesel, Hughes & Co., Forbes Livestock Agency, Central West Credit Union and McCarron Cullinane and Chudleigh. The Forbes Business Chamber thanks these businesses for their support.

 

 

 

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