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An event of the Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce
23 Commercial Street, Skowhegan Maine 04976
Office: (207) 474.3621
Jason Direct: (207) 431.2396
Julia Direct: (207) 431.1471
Email: jason@skowheganregion.com
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JingleFest consists this year of:
First Annual Festival of Trees, Along the Moose Trail, Holiday Photo Contest, Stuff the Trailer Towriffic Toy Drive, Reindeer Friends from the North Pole, Chamber North Pole and Visit with Santa, Letters to Santa, Gift Certificate Calendar and Light Up the Region
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Dear Friend & Supporter,
We are fast approaching the Holiday Season and the Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce is having its annual Jinglefest featuring 8 holiday events (Reindeer & Santa visit, Light up the Region, Holiday Photo Contest, Festival of Trees, Holiday Toy Drive, Spruce the sneaky traveling Chamber Moose, Letters to Santa & the Chamber North Pole)! This year, we need to continue to bring in some positivity and safe fun to the community and we want to give you the opportunity to help raise some funds for our Chamber and to promote your business!
We recently reached out to the North Pole and invited Santa and a few Reindeer to our Chamber North Pole! On Saturday December 11, 2021, our Reindeer & Santa visit will host two of Santa’s reindeer and the Jolly Man himself will be arriving at the Municipal Parking lot for some Holiday fun! Music will be here spreading holiday cheer! There will be a few food vendors, our Chamber North Pole will be open to Santa what is on your holiday list, reindeer viewing, and a safe place to get out into the community.
We want to open a portion of the event area up for local businesses to set up a table or space to promote their business, whether it be speaking and making connections with people or selling items from your business. Space is limited so please contact us for details ASAP!
SRCC is hosting a Holiday Toy Drive, where all donations will be kept in our region for families in need. We will begin collecting items Monday, November 29th at the office through Saturday, December 11, 2021.
Spruce the Chamber Moose will be making his rounds around our Member businesses beginning Friday, November 26 through January 3rd, excluding Christmas Day. Spruce will arrive in the morning and together we will place the moose somewhere in your business, we will take photos and post them on the Chambers Facebook page asking, “where is Spruce the Moose today?”. Giving hints throughout the day, when customers visit your business, if they can locate the moose, they would receive a small discount or promotion of your choice. We are in hopes that the search for Spruce the Moose will encourage shoppers to Shop Local and boost your sales for the Holiday season! With that being said, we are looking for Members who are interested in participating in this fun event, so please contact us ASAP!
The Chamber North Pole will be open to the public to visit Santa starting December 11th for a total of 7 days. This will give kids and families the time to meet Santa and let him know what is on their Christmas wish list. Even if Santa is not around, the SRCC office will have a table and creative letters available to write to Santa and a mailbox. We will be providing a safe place for all to interact. We will ask that people to follow cdc guidelines, providing hand sanitizer at locations throughout the event area, and we will be cleaning visited areas numerous times throughout the events to ensure the upmost safety along with fun for our community.
We are offering different levels of sponsorship, so please see the details below. These generous donations allow us to do more advertising for the events, raffles & prizes and more to make this a successful community event!
Thank you kindly for your continued support of our Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Sincerely,
Julia Turner
Director of Membership and Events
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Sponsorship and Volunteer Opportunities |
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With your sponsorship you can choose to sponsor any individual event, or Jinglefest as a whole month long event. |
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First Annual Festival of Trees |
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The Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce partners with Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County to start a festival of trees.
The Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce and Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County combine efforts to present Festival of Trees this holiday season, starting a tradition they hope can continue into the future.
Participation in this year’s event, creates or continuing a great holiday tradition. At the same time, money raised supports Hospice to provide support and compassion for those they serve and working on many and for the Chamber to continue workforce development and assistance to the community.
Who doesn’t love a beautiful holiday tree? Imagine trees, each uniquely decked out in holiday cheer. This wonderful family tradition will be held at T&B's Celebration Center, 414 Madison Avenue, Skowhegan from December 3-5 and December 10-12. Hours Friday, December 3, 2021 from 10am - 5pm, Saturday, December 4, 2021 from 10am - 8pm, and Sunday, December 5, 2021 from 10am - 6pm. Also Friday, December 10, 2021 from 10am - 8pm, Saturday, December 11, 2021 from 10am - 8pm, and Sunday, December 12, 2021 from 10am - 4pm.
The Festival of Trees will provide an experience that the whole family can enjoy. Admission is just $2.00 per person. Purchase and drop your individual tree tickets (just .50 each) into the bucket of your favorite tree and you could go home with a beautifully decorated tree complete with all the gift cards and merchandise displayed.
Please join us for this wonderful holiday experience. Whether you visit to view the trees on display or are willing to volunteer some time to help staff the event, it will be time well-spent – and you will be helping support your community through your participation.
For more information about your business sponsoring a tree as part of the festival, go online to www.skowheganregion.com. A substantial number of volunteers will be needed for this event – if you are interested in registering as an individual or a group, please contact Julia at Julia@skowheganregion.com.
At this time, we are following all CDC Guidelines and masking may be required for all attendees and volunteers.
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Chamber Gift Certificate Calendar |
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Please help support our High School Students in Somerset County
The Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce has two scholarships that we would like to start issuing again this school year. One has been going for years, but over the past few years has not been given out due to lack of funds in the account. What is the gift certificate calendar raffle? With this on the day that your ticket is drawn, you will get a gift certificate in that amount that can be used at any of our Chamber Member’s. This will benefit both the winner, the Chamber member, and the Scholarship account. The scholarships are:
Edward J. Butler memorial scholarship and the new one is the Alton W. Whittemore memorial scholarship.
You can show your support for the Scholarships by:
Purchasing tickets for the December Gift Certificate Calendar Raffle, which are included with this flyer. Make checks payable to SRCC, 23 Commercial Street, Skowhegan Maine 04976. Additional calendar raffle tickets are are available upon request from the SRCC, or you can pick up calendar raffle tickets at the Skowhegan Welcome and Information Center (Chamber office).
Making a donation for scholarships by making a check payable to SRCC and mailing it to the above address, or by bringing it into the office. Be sure to write “scholarship” in the memo line on your check.
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Please join us for the annual Search for Spruce the Chamber Moose! Starting on November 26th and running until January 4th.
Are you having fun searching for Spruce with us? The Chamber will continue to visit participating Chamber Members locations each morning at opening. Together, we will place the Moose somewhere inside of the business and leave it there for the day. After the Moose is placed, we will take a picture and post it to the Chambers Facebook page asking "Where am I?" Throughout the day the we will post clues guiding followers to where the Moose can be found. When customers visit the business, if they are able to locate the Moose they receive a small discount of the businesses choice - 5%, 10%, 20% - they decide. At the end of the day we will back to collect the Moose to be placed at next location.
On top of the promotion that the business if giving out that day, if you find Spruce and take a picture with him and tag it to the Jinglefest Facebook Page, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of two $100.00 Chamber Bucks gift Certificates. One will be drawn on Christmas Eve, and one on January 4th. We hope that you have fun and support our Regional businesses.
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Please join us for the first Holiday Photo Contest. December 1st through Friday, January 2, 2021
To Enter:
Upload a photo to our holiday Facebook Page of you shopping in our area local stores. You can post more than just one local store, for each post the more likes you may get, the more chances you have to win. Please include the contestant's name(s) and where they are. This will also serve as permission to use the photo in the future as needed.
Ways to win:
First way: Have people vote on your photo, the more likes the more chances you have to win. Second way: Write an inspirational story of why you shop local and your experience at the shop you are at.
Deadline: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 by midnight.
Winner:
Winner will be announced Friday, January 7, 2022 on the Skowhegan Regional Chamber Facebook page and receive a $100.00 Chamber Bucks gift certificate.
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Stuff the Trailer Towriffic Toy Drive |
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Please join us for the Annual Stuff the Trailer Towriffic Toy Drive November 29th through December 11th
November 29th through December 11th, SRCC is hosting a toy drive, where all donations will be kept in our region for families in need. We are collecting items at the office through Saturday, December 11, 2021.
This is being supported in partnership with Hight Family of Dealerships, Gifford's Famous Ice Cream, 201 Service, and Charlie & Son Sales and Service.
Everyone that drops off toys until close on Saturday December 12th to help fill the trailer will be entered in to win a $100.00 Chamber gift certificate, They will also be entered in a Gifford's special drawing for your donation for a chance to win a quart of ice cream for a year, 52 quarts of famous ice cream, and a hat/t-shirt.
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Reindeer Friends from the North Pole |
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Please join us for our Reindeer Event. We heard Santa and his reindeer are coming back to Skowhegan.
We recently reached out to the North Pole and invited Santa and a few Reindeer to our Chamber North Pole! On Saturday December 11, 2021, our Reindeer & Santa visit will host two of Santa’s reindeer and the Jolly Man himself will be arriving at the Municipal Parking lot for some Holiday fun! Music will be here spreading holiday cheer, there will be a few food vendors, our Chamber North Pole will be open to Santa what is on your holiday list, reindeer viewing, and a safe place to get out into the community.
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North Pole and Visit with Santa |
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The Chamber North Pole will be open to the public to visit Santa starting December 11th for a total of 7 days. This will give kids and families the time to meet Santa and let him know what is on their Christmas wish list.
We will be providing a safe place for all to interact. We will ask that people follow cdc guidelines, providing hand sanitizer at locations throughout the event area, and we will be cleaning visited areas numerous times throughout the events to ensure the upmost safety along with fun for our community.
We hear that Santa will be at the Chamber on the Following Dates, but subject to change please watch our Facebook page for up to date information:
Saturday, December 11 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Monday, December 13 from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 15 from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 17 from 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Monday, December 20 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 21 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 22 from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Businesses and individuals are encouraged to decorate their properties with as many lights as possible. The registered parties will be part of a Somerset County map for members of the region to drive or walk by each location and look at the decorations following COVID-19 guidelines.
Registration also enters you to win a Chamber Bucks gift card to a member business.
Once you register, you are responsible for decorating your property with as many lights and decorations as possible. The more lights and decorations the better. Once we have gathered all entries, we will compile a light up the region map.
Please have your light display ready for the event kickoff on November 29th, 2021, when most of our other events kick off for the holidays.
All Somerset County residents are encouraged to participate. You can choose to enter your property into the light up the region Competition to be judged by our panel of judges, during the month of December. Thank you for participating and we hope that you have fun! Thank you for participating and we hope that you have fun! Register on our website.
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When: November 29 - December 17, 2021
Where: North Pole Mailbox, 23 Commercial Street, Skowhegan Maine 04976
Time: Deadline is 5:00PM on Dec. 17
Cost: FREE
We know you want to make the holidays an exciting time for your kids and we are here to help you. The Skowhegan Regional Chamber has made arrangements with the elves at the North Pole to accept mail for delivery to Santa. Have your kids write a letter to Santa Claus and they will get a letter from him in return! Please make sure to include a return address, what they want for Christmas and something about themselves. You can drop off letters between November 29 - December 17 in the North Pole Mailbox located in front of 23 Commercial Street, Skowhegan.
Letters must have a return address.
Letters must be turned into the North Pole Mailbox located at 23 Commercial Street, Skowhegan, Maine 04976
Letters are due by Friday, December 17 at 5:00pm.
Kids who turn in a letter, with their return address, will receive a letter back from Santa a few days prior to Christmas.
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