{"id":131488,"date":"2020-05-23T00:20:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T05:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=131488"},"modified":"2020-05-23T00:21:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T05:21:25","slug":"chamber-fbob-create-shop-local-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/05\/23\/chamber-fbob-create-shop-local-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber, FBOB create Shop Local initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shop-Local-logo-5-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131491\" width=\"288\" height=\"373\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with First Bank of Berne to create a shop local campaign for the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each business that signs up will receive a t-shirt paid for by the First Bank of Berne to display and sell at the business. Moreover, each order taken for a shirt will put money back into a business owner\u2019s pocket. The Chamber and First Bank of Berne will also be sponsoring prizes, contests and surprises along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Businesses should submit photos to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:chamber@vanwertchamber.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"chamber@vanwertchamber.com (opens in a new tab)\">chamber@vanwertchamber.com<\/a>\u00a0or tag the Chamber in the photo and use the hashtag\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/shoplocalvw?__eep__=6\" target=\"_blank\">#shoplocalVW<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Businesses wanting to participate should make sure they are signed up by June 1 to drive more customers their way. Call the Chamber Office at 419.238.4390 to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chamber also has a special \u201cthank you\u201d for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sisters-Embroidery-More-481413152319761\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sister\u2019s Embroidery &amp; More<\/a>&nbsp;for partnering to make this possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with First Bank of Berne to create a shop local campaign for the local community. Each business that signs up will receive a t-shirt paid for by the First Bank of Berne to display and sell at the business. Moreover, each order taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 07:50:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}