November 2021
November: Light Up Altona Home & Business Decorating Contests
November 11 Waffle Breakfast, 8:30-9:30 am, Altona Senior Centre
November 11 - Remembrance Day Service on CFAM Radio starting approx. 10:45 a.m.
November 15-21: Altona Community Foundation/Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge
November 25 - Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Pembina Valley, monthly Trivia Night Fundraiser - Altona Hotel
November 26 - Town of Altona Virtual Night of Lights - watch for announcements
Giving Challenge Donations "Stretched"
The Endow Manitoba Giving Challenge is your opportunity to help the Altona Community Foundation grow exponentially. Gifts made to your community foundations’ UNRESTRICTED FUNDS between November 15-21 will be “stretched” through the combined efforts of the Manitoba government and The Winnipeg Foundation. For every $5 donated, they will “stretch” that
donation by $1 each, up to a combined total of $4,000 per foundation. So your $5 gift instantly becomes $7 for your community!
Gifts may be made online at endowMB.org or Altona Community Foundation.
Cheques made payable to the Altona Community Foundation can also be dropped off at Access Credit Union (Altona branch) from November 15 to 20.
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Light Up Altona
The Altona & District Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Light Up Altona Home and Business Decorating Contest to brighten the upcoming Christmas season.
Register your decorating efforts as soon as possible, by calling MEC at 204-324-9005 for a chance to WIN!!
Let's really LIGHT UP ALTONA & DISTRICT for the holidays!
Furever Friends Cat Rescue - Tracy Harder
Dreamcoat Painting - Felice Mariani
Sentry Concrete Solutions - Myron Penner, Jeff Peters
Do you know of a business or organization who is not yet a Member of the Altona & District Chamber of Commerce? Please refer them to the Chamber or let us know and we will make the contact.
Are you looking for a gift that is "One Size Fits All" and will not be held up in a "Supply Chain"? Look no further; the perfect gift is Chamber Bucks, available at the Chamber office, Town of Altona and Co-op Gas Bar.
In this past year we sold $217,010 and $193,137 has been redeemed. Only Altona & District Chamber of Commerce Members can redeem Chamber Bucks.
They are available in denominations from $5 to $100. Call 204-324-8793 for large orders.
Summer Buy Local Promotions Come to a Successful End
During this past summer and fall the Chamber ran a number of successful Shop Local Promotions thanks to Support Local Funding Programs administered by the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce.
6 Shop Local Videos were produced and were very well received.
Burger Week - 8 businesses participated, 1186 burgers were sold for an economic impact of $13,027.73
Where's Sunnie? - visited and promoted 5 local businesses in August and residents had fun locating the gnome and uploading photos with him for prizes.
Poutine Week - 7 businesses participated, 915 poutine were sold for an economic impact of $10,255.73
Chamber Spotlight - 12 businesses have been spotlighted this year with 3 more to go until year end.
And, of course, Chamber Bucks, the perfect Shop Local promotion!
Watch for more local promotions in the lead up to Christmas too.
ARE YOU SHOWING LOCAL SOME LOVE?
Be sure to enter the #BuyLocalMB Contest!

When you post about your "local loves" on social, you're generating a groundswell of support for Manitoba's entrepreneurs and our economy, AND you could win a $100 VISA prepaid gift card!.

Just use the hashtag #BuyLocalMB in our contest that's as easy as 1, 2, 3:

1) BUY - Rise to the occasion by purchasing goods or services from a local business, whether that's a special treasure/find for holiday gift-giving, a lunch date at an independent restaurant in your community, your dry cleaner, amazing steaks from your neighbourhood butcher shop, the best imperial cookies you've had in your life from the bakery down the block, your insurance broker, a jewellery maker and greeting card designer in your town, a raw materials supplier you work with as a business owner yourself, on so on, etc. The purchase possibilities are endless!

2) BRAG - Write a shout-out and/or snap a pic of your retailer, service provider, cafe, a storefront or outdoor sign, or just your happy and smiling face. Post it on your preferred social platform's feed (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) along with the hashtag "#BuyLocalMB".

3) TAG - Most importantly, include the HASHTAG #BUYLOCALMB in your post so we can track the conversation and award prizes! And, if you like, go all out! Depending on where you live in Manitoba, give your community a special nod - for example, #BuyLocalMB #BuyLocalChurchill. You may also want to consider tagging 3 friends and challenging them to go local as well.

There are 8 more chances to win as we count down 8 more weeks to the holiday season!

MCC will conduct a weekly draw based on a time-based hashtag search of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram. We'll award one (1) $100 pre-paid Visa gift card to one (1) weekly winner from among all hashtag users/contest entrants every Monday for 10 weeks (draw 1 on Oct. 25 and draw 10 on Dec. 27, 2021).