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Small Business Saturday
Small Business Saturday is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Saturday, November 28, 2020! Get ready to support your local shops and restaurants! Small Business Saturday is one of the biggest local shopping days of the year! Enjoy special events and sales while supporting your local shop owners and keeping our town center and community strong! First Town Downtown & Windsor Chamber of Commerce are both Neighborhood Champions for Small Business Saturday!
Find out what's happening in Windsorfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
From local restaurants to the salon down the street, small businesses have created major impacts across all communities. 10,645 new jobs were created in CT in 2014 alone, meaning that 49% of all employees in CT were working for a small business that year.
Let's support our local economy by Shopping Small! And don't forget to buy Windsor Center Gift Cards which can be used at 12 different Windsor center restaurants and stores!
Find out what's happening in Windsorfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Project Santa
First Town Downtown in partnership with the Windsor Food and Fuel Bank, Town of Windsor Social Services, Grace Church, St Damien of Molokai Church, First Church, Windsor Volunteer Ambulance, Windsor Police & Health Departments, the Windsor Chamber of Commerce and many businesses and members from the community work together to help families experiencing difficult economic times to have a nice Christmas. Project Santa offers businesses and community members a way to spread the holiday spirit.
Last year 354 children woke up to presents under their tree, some possibly for the first time, thanks to Project Santa and your generosity.
Please help!
You can donate to Project Santa, a 501C3 non profit organization, by donating online, downloading the sponsorship form pdf or mailing a check to: Project SantaP.O. Box 397Windsor, CT 06095
Featured Board Member: Bonnie Waterhouse
Bonnie has lived in Windsor for 11 years now and always felt she was "coming home," though she spent the first 40 years of her life in Branford. She worked in the insurance field for over 30 years with increasing leadership roles during that time. She had the opportunity to travel a great deal in the United States and to England. Her interaction with agents, businesses, service centers and other locations provided her with the experience she needed to understand the needs of each segment of the business world. In addition, She became very involved in mentoring students in local school systems that the insurance companies partnered with. Read More
Upcoming Events
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11/28 Small Business Saturday
12/5 Torchlight Parade
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This press release was produced by First Town Downtown. The views expressed are the author's own.
