Scotch Plains to Host Small Business Saturday & Cops, Cocoa, and Community event

Small Business Saturday & Cops, Cocoa – Nov. 28

On Saturday, November 28th, The Township of Scotch Plains, in partnership with the Scotch Plains Business & Professional Association, is hosting a Small Business Saturday event along with Cops, Cocoa, and Community sponsored by the Community Policing Unit of the Scotch Plains Police Department.

Stop by the Alan Augustine Village Green from 12:00pm to 3:00pm to pick up a Shop Small tote bag with coupons for businesses and get some hot chocolate. Shop at any Scotch Plains business to earn raffle tickets. Raffle prizes include five (5) $100 gift cards to use at any Scotch Plains businesses! You will earn one raffle ticket for every purchase at a Scotch Plains business you make. Anyone who shops in Scotch Plains on November 28th is eligible.

Any type of small business counts (restaurants, professional, health and wellness, spas, other services, etc). All Township businesses are included; visit the great businesses on Park Avenue, East 2nd Street, Rt. 22, Mountain Avenue, Westfield Ave, and North and South Avenues. Shoppers can bring a receipt as proof with you to the welcome table on the Alan Augustine Village Green the same day (November 28) to enter the raffle. Winners will be announced at 3:00pm (winners need not to be present to win).

Business owners who wish to donate something to the bags or an item to the raffle can contact Lisa Mohn at Apple Blossom by calling 908-322-4999 or stopping by the shop at 381 Park Avenue.

Small Business Saturday was an idea created by the credit card giant American Express in November 2010. The campaign launched in order to help small businesses gain additional exposure and to change the way consumers shop within their own community during the holiday season.