The Nashville Chamber of Commerce will kick off its Shop Local campaign with a “playing card scramble” worth a $500 cash prize, according to NCC Executive Director Tim Pinkerton.
Pinkerton said the card scramble will involve local businesses issuing cards to participants that will either be stamped or mark with the business name. (Any card that does not have a merchant identification will be considered invalid.) When customers purchase goods or services in the amount of $25 or more, the customer will draw one card from that merchant’s deck.
The campaign will begin Monday, Nov. 18 and will end at 12 noon on Saturday, Dec. 14.
Pinkerton added that owners of participating businesses, employees of the business and family members of owners and employees can participant in the scramble but cannot submit cards from their respective businesses.
The event will conclude at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at the chamber office on Main Street when participants will present their best (highest) five-card “poker” hand from the cards they’ve collected. Any hand submitted must have a minimum of two cards from different merchants.
The winning hand will receive $500 cash. In the event of a tie, the winners can either split the prize evenly or draw for high card to determine a winner.
A list of participating businesses will be printed in next week’s newspaper.
For more information, contact Pinkerton at 870-845-1262 or 845-7034.
