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Support your local small businesses-support Neighborhood #ToyStoreDay

November 10, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

You all know I’m a huge supporter of local, small businesses. Sure, I love to use coupons and get freebies, but it’s important that we all support our local community businesses.

SHOPPING LOCALLY GIVES BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY
Shopping at neighborhood and independent retailers not only increases consumer choice, it also preserves jobs and local character. According to the 3/50 Project, for every $100 spent in local, independently-owned stores, $68 returns to the community in the form of taxes, salaries, charitable contributions, children’s educational programs and more–in contrast with only $43 dollars when consumers spend their money at a national chain.

Today! Saturday, November 10! It’s Neighborhood Toy Store Day. Toy stores across the country will be celebrating the joy of play during Neighborhood Toy Store Day. To launch the holiday shopping season with community-minded fun, ASTRA members throughout the nation will host special events at their stores. The festivities will highlight local talent and bring neighbors together in the spirit of giving. Events will include crafts, entertainers, scavenger hunts, and charitable donations. Through Neighborhood Toy Store Day, customers see that specialty toy retailers are more than just stores, they are a central part of a vital community.

TO FIND A PARTICIPATING TOY STORE NEAR YOU:
You can also join us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/astratoy or if you tweet, tweet what you’re doing today with #ToyStoreDay.

Some of my favorite neighborhood toy stores:

  • the newer store down in Jennersville, Wackadoodles. They have a great assortment of unusual things.
  • The Mushroom Cap/Growing Tree in Kennett Square has these very cute train cars, and they are Thomas-compatible, and you can get them in letters to spell your child’s name. They also sell those cute scrabble tiles.
  • And many times before I’ve posted about my friends at Avon News–they have the best Webkinz assortment in the region and Melissa & Doug things, just to name a few. And yes, all of those stores have sales, so disregard that notion that a small, privately owned store will be much more expensive–it’s just not so! Avon News is also one of the exclusive carriers of the new Tail Towns toys, which is the latest craze on Facebook.
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Shop small and support your community.

 
I just love shopping at these stores. First, I save gas and time. Second, I always get so many compliments on what I purchase there. This past summer, I stopped at Wackadoodles to get some toys for Kevin for his birthday. This one cute thing, it’s a treasure chest with coins, we took it to our pool with us almost every day. I can tell you, almost every day a mom would stop me and ask me where we got it. So many kids tried to hijack that toy, lol. Every person commented on it’s uniqueness. I’ve never had that happen with any of the mainstream toys I purchase.

Have fun, and let us know what you find!
 

 

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