{"id":132525,"date":"2020-06-26T21:32:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T02:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=132525"},"modified":"2020-06-26T21:32:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T02:32:46","slug":"support-local-t-shirt-created-by-chamber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/06\/26\/support-local-t-shirt-created-by-chamber\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Local t-shirt created by Chamber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce and First Bank of Berne have partnered to create a shop local campaign to help re-start Van Wert area small businesses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Bank of Berne will provide businesses who want to participate a \u201cSupport Local\u201d t-shirt, created by Sister&#8217;s Embroidery, to display and sell at their location.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Shop-Local-t-shirt-6-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132526\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Participating businesses will be selling the shirts and a portion of the sales will be theirs to keep. The shirts will be available for sale through July 31, and area residents can purchase them from the following locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins Fine Foods<br>Wassenberg Art Center<br>Lee\u2019s Ace Hardware<br>Fettig\u2019s Flowers<br>F &amp; S Floor Covering<br>Laudick\u2019s Jewelry<br>Main Street Van Wert<br>United Way of Van Wert County<br>Willow Bend Country Club<br>Fortman\u2019s Crescent Line Service<br>Laurie\u2019s Naturescapes<br>Sisters Bridal Boutique<br>The Secret Garden<br>Lifestyle Furniture of Van Wert<br>Slushers Jewelry<br>TAG Menswear<br>Black Angus<br>Truly D\u2019vine Bread Company<br>VW Carts and More<br>133 Bistro<br>Just for You Flowers and Gifts<br>L &amp; L Boots<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Convoy Business Association<br>Ohio Rubber and Floors<br>Sister\u2019s Embroidery and More<br>Van Wert Moose Lodge 1320<br>Van Wert Warehouse<br>Eastside Auto Sales and Repair<br>Firehouse Pizza<br>Quick Change Oil and Lube<br>Elite Interiors<br>Van Wert County Fairgrounds<br>Deli On Main<br>Anytime Fitness<br>Jamie Linn\u2019s Boutique<br>Pizza Hut of Van Wert<br>Jeremy Hinton State Farm<br>Tisha Fast State Farm<br>True Value Insurance Agency<br>Touches of Time Antique Mall<br>TLC Window Solutions<br>Pregnancy Life Center<br>Schrader Realty<br>Welch\u2019s Northwest Trophy<br>Kitchens Inc.<br>Overholt Moorman Electric<br>JC\u2019s Delivery<br>Van Wert Peony Festival Committee<br>Steph\u2019s Sensational Snaps and Accessories by Rosabell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chamber also asks businesses and residents to use the #shoplocalvw hashtag. Members of the community or others who shop locally and use the #shoplocalvw hashtag will be entered into a weekly prize drawing. It is as easy as posting a picture to Facebook or Instagram, and using the #shoplocalvw! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Businesses throughout the community have donated prizes to be included in weekly contests, with winners to be drawn and announced on Fridays throughout the months of June and July. There is no limit to how many times a person can be entered or win.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chamber had a special &#8220;thank you&#8221; to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sisters-Embroidery-More-481413152319761\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sister\u2019s Embroidery &amp; More<\/a>\u00a0for partnering to make the shirts to make this program possible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce and First Bank of Berne have partnered to create a shop local campaign to help re-start Van Wert area small businesses.&nbsp; First Bank of Berne will provide businesses who want to participate a \u201cSupport Local\u201d t-shirt, created by Sister&#8217;s Embroidery, to display and sell at [&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-132525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 12:52:47","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\/132525","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=132525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}