The 3/50 project shows how simple it is for each of us to do our part to restart our stalled economy. The creator of the 3/50 Project Cinda Baxter says that “….you realize slamming the breaks on all spending stalls economic recovery. It’s just that simple.” And it is! Simple. We each have the power to make a difference that will help change the world. I do it. I started awhile ago. After I opened my gift shop, I bought all my Christmas gifts ALL of them in the neighboring gift shops. I felt silly giving gifts from my own store that first year for some reason... Shopping locally was convenient - I did not having to fight the big box crowds, and circling parking lots, or stand in line. I dealt with the owner more often than not.
Even if you don't know what to buy, or from where you can still help in Sayville. Our local Greater Sayville Chamber of Commerce sells Chamber Gift Certificates that can be spent in any local chamber member's business! It's brilliant! For example, You can buy five $10 gift certificates, and your gift recipient can spend $50 in town in as many as five different shops and maybe get to know a great new shop she didn't realize was there. Chamber businesses get reimbursed by the Chamber for the spent certificates.
Now when I need a gift that maybe I don't have at the Seafarer Gift Shop (like gifts for all the birthday parties my kids go to), I walk out the door and up the street to a neighboring merchant and buy locally.
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