As Black Friday approaches, remember local businesses thrive on local support this time of year. To help encourage residents to shop at local businesses, the Kearney Chamber of Commerce brought back its #ShopLocalKearney Holiday Giveaway. Local businesses participating in the campaign are giving away tickets for big cash prizes this season.

This year, the holiday giveaway event will give away a total of $3,500. Cash prizes of $2,000, $1,000 & $500 will be awarded to randomly drawn ticket holders. The drawing will be held Thursday, December 15, 2022 at Bea’s Flowers & Gifts.

Shoppers can find tickets at the following merchants and businesses: Bea's Flowers & Gifts, Stitch of the Time Spirit Shop, D'Creamery, Santa's Holiday Lighting, KPGZ 102.7FM, Platte-Clay Fuels, RE/MAX Advatage-Debbie Holt, Three Birdies Boutique, Pizza Shoppe, STABLES Local Kitchen and Patio, Market 816 Boutique, Paisley Candle and Home, Paisley Perk, Kearney Kwik Lube & Car Wash, Hunan Garden, Sknwrx Beauty Studio, Kansas City Cannabis Co, and American Pride Express Oil Change and Tunnel Car Wash.

After the winning numbers are drawn at 3 pm on Thursday, December 15, the winning ticket holders will have one business day to claim the money, in person, at Bea’s Flowers & Gifts. If not claimed, the second number will be drawn on December 16th at 3:00pm. The drawing dates will continue one per business day at 3:00pm through December 23rd until a winner comes forward.

Winning numbers will be posted on the Visit Kearney mobile app, the Holiday Giveaway web page at KearneyChamber.org, and the Shop Local Kearney, Visit Kearney MO, and Kearney Chamber Facebook pages, as well as KPGZ eNews and 102.7FM social media platforms.

Shoppers are also encouraged to use their social media pages to promote local businesses by posting their purchase or tickets and tagging the post with #ShopLocalKearney. A ticket handed out from the participating merchant with the most Facebook tags as of the drawing date will be randomly selected to win $100 in Chamber Cash.

For more information and rules of the #ShopLocalKearney Holiday Giveaway, visit KearneyChamber.org/holiday-giveaway.

KPGZ News - Brian Watts contributed to this story