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Dec. 4, 2020
Shop Shenango Valley Day - Dec. 5
Come for the retail and restaurants!
Stay for the fireworks!

Shoppers invited to celebrate Shop Shenango Valley Day Saturday, Dec. 5 to support local retail and restaurants in the Shenango Valley Area! Enjoy Santa's ChristmasLand at Kraynak's All Day (9-9); Holiday Lights in Buhl Park; plus fireworks at 6 PM in the City of Hermitage over Avenue of 444 Flags provided by Pyrotecnico!
Plus sign up for Shenango Valley Shop Around Retail Giveaways in various stores and restaurants in Hermitage, Sharon and the entire Shenango Valley area! Get more details here!
COVID-19 Resources for Mercer County
Compiled by Buhl Regional Health Foundation



LIHEAP Assistance
(weatherization, furnace repairs)

Self Care for the Holidays and Everyday!
Free Virtual TownHall Noon-1 PM
Tuesday Dec. 8
Self care tips for you and your family as you approach the holiday season and navigate the unique challenges we may be experiencing during the pandemic. This free Lunch & Learn presented by Tracy Auell of Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission. Register here and get a free local restaurant gift card!
Wellness During COVID - Lunch & Learn Series sponsored Buhl Regional Health Foundation; Primary Health Network and the Shenango Valley Chamber
The Shenango Valley Chamber presents
Home for the Holidays
2020 Virtual Holiday Luncheon Noon Dec. 10
Join the Shenango Valley Chamber for our first ever Virtual Holiday Luncheon
Featuring the Shenango Valley Chorale
Noon Thursday, Dec. 10.
The $30 ticket includes a $15 local restaurant gift card; holiday treat bag; musical entertainment and prizes to win!
Group ticket pricing available for your holiday office party (8 tickets for $200)
Plus drop off a toy at the chamber office Toys for Tots when you pick up your gift card and
holiday swag bag!
Reserve your ticket here!
Get more details here!
Get sponsorship information here!
Join Diane Gardner in virtually
Celebrating ten years with LPL Financial
10 AM Thursday Dec. 10!

You're invited to take part in a special virtual anniversary celebration with Diane Gardner, who is celebrating ten years with LPL Financial!
Sign on to her Facebook page at
10 AM Thursday Dec. 10

Sign up here!

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Sign up today for the #TeamShenangoValley
Community Scavenger Hunt
Presented by Leadership Shenango
Class of 2020

You're invited to take part in a special community project presented by Leadership Shenango, Fall Class of 2020.
The fundraiser - entitled The #TeamShenangoValley Community Scavenger Hunt and the tasks will help support the Shenango Valley area business community.
The event runs through Dec.18!
Sign up here!
Get more details here!
Sign up your Business for the Shenango Valley Shop Around
Join the Shenango Valley business community for our first annual Shenango Valley Shop Around - a community-wide holiday giveaway with more than $3500 worth of prizes and growing!! In light of wanting to help our Shenango Valley business community during the the 2020 holidays, we invite our entire business community (not just retail or restaurants but any business including medical offices, dance studios, banks, etc) to provide a gift giveaway (like a gift card, gift basket etc.) starting Small Business Saturday (Nov. 28) and running through Dec. 23) in their location to attract shoppers to our area. Our goal is to get more than $10,000 in giveaways to attract shoppers regionally.  Get more details here! Sign up your giveaway here!

Sign up at each location for these great prizes (so far) with more to come!
Now up to $3000 - check out just a few below!
Minuteman Press,Hermitage: Business Stationary Set ($500 value)
Reyers, Sharon: Three $100 gift cards ($300 value)
Rita's Italian Ice, Hermitage: $50 gift card
Sugar Magnolia Merchandise, Sharon: $50 gift card
Webb Winery, Hermitage: Two $25 gift cards
Warren Glass & Paint, Hermitage: PPG Paint Room Makeover ($150 value)
Check to see the rest of the prizes here!

Check the story in The Youngstown Business Journal here.
Donate to the #SupportOurFirstResponders Initiative
Support our First Responders by buying meals or dessert for first responders, medical staff and/or essential workers or people in need plus help support local restaurants. Your donation will go to the Shenango Valley Chamber Charitable Fund, a 501c3 community support and economic development fund for the Shenango Valley area.
Volunteers at the Elk's Club in Sharon, prepare more than 100 meals to give out Thanksgiving day! The meals were provided via the Food Assistance Program from the City of Sharon coordinated by the Shenango Valley Chamber.
Keep up with the Shenango Valley
Tinsel at Twilight - 3 Day Event
11 AM - 7 PM Dec. 9-10;
11 AM - 6 PM Dec. 11
Presented by
Whole Life Services & Studio C
Join Whole Life Services & Studio C for an all day shopping extravaganza to kick off the Christmas season! Spend $20 and get entry into their Pieces of Love quilt raffle. Spend $50 and receive a $5 gift card.
Wine, appetizers and sweets served 5-7 PM Wednesday and Thursday, 4-6 PM Saturday.

Masks required to enter, temperatures will be taken at the door and social distancing measures in place.
New! OhanaLink at Work App
Great gift for your employees and their families!
OhanaLink Technologies now offers an employer-sponsored subscription service for your most valuable assets, your employees. The subscription includes access to mobile technology that opens new communication channels and securely links employees and their family members during any healthcare event - when they need it most.
Get more details here!
Pieces of Love Virtual Quilt Raffle
$10 Tickets
Presented by Prince of Peace, Farrell

Raffle to benefit Emergency Services
Drawing on Facebook Live Dec. 16!
Tickets can be purchased by calling 724.346,5777, ext 120 or 140
Or by emailing here!

Reyers First Annual Gift Card Sale Dec. 11-13
Purchase one gift card at full price, get second of equal or lesser value at 50% off!
Get more details here!
Virtual 5K Opportunities
Fill the Sleigh Virtual 5K
Dec. 1-31 with
The Primary Health Network!
Get more details here!
Sign up today for the Sharon Rotary Virtual Reindeer Run Dec. 1-31!
Get more details here!
Coat Winter Drive
Banjak Heating and Cooling, 1382 E. State St., Sharon, will be collecting gently used and new COATS, HATS, GLOVES for residents of Mercer County for both children and adults.
All donations will be given to the Prince of Peace Center, Farrell, PA.
Truck-Full of Hope Food Drive
Nov. 2-Dec. 16
Help feed the hungry in Mercer County! Drop off a bag of non-perishable items (no glass please) to Taylor Chevrolet -Showroom at 2757 E State St., Hermitage
Flu Shot Clinic 11-3 PM Dec. 3
Walgreens, 900 E. State St., Sharon
Get more details here!

Hero Support Line for Emergency Service Personnel & Healthcare Workers of Mercer County
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Monday-Thursday and 8:30 - 4 PM Friday. Call 724.418.4902
SERVPRO of Mercer County Cleaning Services
Offering COVID-19 Sanitation; Strip & Wax; Post-Construction Cleaning; Carpet Cleaning; Window Cleaning & more!
Meet our Chamber Members!
Anderson Coach & Travel, Greenville
Selling gift cards for the holidays!
Visit them here!
Kismet Peo, Sharon
Visit them here!
Shenango on the Green - Chamber Newsletter Sponsor
The Shenango Valley Chamber Leader Tier Members
Axias Wealth Advisors; First Energy; FNB; Gilbert’s Risk Solutions
JCL Energy; JFS Wealth Advisors; National Fuel; PNC Bank
The Herald; The Pennsylvania Dance Company; Shenango on the Green; UPMC Horizon/Jameson; Wheatland Tube; Whole Life Services