Winner of First Holiday Shopping Passport Early Bird Draw Announced

Tony Jeffery has won a $500 Boro gift card from the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) first Holiday Shopping Passport early bird draw, announced on Monday.

Holiday Shopping Passport Early Bird winner Tony Jeffery (left) celebrating his win at Gentry Apparel with store owner Andrew Damiany (right). Photo courtesy of the Peterborough DBIA.

Jeffery’s winning passport was drawn at the Peterborough DBIA office on Wednesday.

“I’ve been filling out holiday shopping passports for a long time as I lived and worked downtown for many years. It feels so nice to win after being a long-term stamp collector,” said Jeffery. “Our downtown is so dynamic. It has always had so many unique shops, restaurants, and cafes with new places to discover all the time – not to mention it’s the perfect size for getting around. I’m so excited to win and treat my wife to a nice dinner and cross some more items off my shopping checklist.” 

During the Holiday Passport season, shoppers receive a stamp for every $10 spent participating downtown business. After 20 stamps, passport holders can complete the contact form on it and drop it off at participating businesses to be entered into the draw.

They are available at over 140 participating shops, boutiques, salons, restaurants, and cafes downtown for free. Each completed Holiday Shopping Passport entered them into a ballot to win $1,500 in Boro gift cards.  

The following early bird draw for a $500 Boro gift card occurs on Wednesday.

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Shop Downtown Peterborough For Black Friday

Bring your Holiday Shopping Passport downtown this Black Friday (November 29th) for great deals and a chance to win $3,000 in prizes.

Look for the Black Friday posters and balloons when you shop downtown at 100 participating downtown businesses, including fashion, furniture, restaurants, salons, music, toys, collectibles, sports and more. 

Left to right: Terry Guiel, Executive Director of the DBIA; Julie Morris, DBIA Marketing Committee member; Gail Martin, owner of John Roberts Clothiers; John Martin, owner of John Roberts Clothiers

Starting Black Friday, parking downtown is free for two hours thanks to the City of Peterborough Parking Division.

“Park for free when you shop in downtown Peterborough on Black Friday for some great deals and use your Holiday Shopping Passport for a chance to win some money,” says Terry Guiel, Executive Director of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area. “Downtown is your destination for local shopping.”

Visit downtownptbo.ca for more details and a full list of participating Black Friday and Holiday Shopping Passport locations.

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Get Your Holiday Shopping Passport For Chance To Win Up To $3,000 In Downtown Money

There are nearly 150 places downtown this holiday season where you can shop with your Holiday Shopping Passport and collect stamps for your chance to win big.

Bring your passport downtown when you shop, dine, and pamper yourself. Get your passport stamped when you buy tickets at the box office at Showplace Performance Centre and Market Hall in downtown Peterborough. Collect a free stamp when you use the Peterborough Public Library or get a complimentary one when you drop by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Visitor Centre at 270 George Street North (limit one stamp per person).

Left to right: Wendy Gillis, DBIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Terry Guiel and Malissa Almond hold up a giant Holiday Shopping Passport as they celebrate the kick-off of the annual downtown shopping program at Save Our Soles (Photo courtesy DBIA)

The passports feature three early bird prizes of $500 in downtown money to be drawn December 4th, 11th and 18th, with the grand prize of $1,500 in downtown money to be drawn January 8th.

The Holiday Shopping Passports program rewards people for supporting local businesses by shopping, dining and enjoying downtown. Last year’s program saw shoppers stamp more than $2 million worth of Holiday Shopping Passports.

HOW IT WORKS

-> Every time you spend $10 at a participating business, a box on your passport will be stamped.
-> When your passport is filled (20 stamps), complete the form and drop it off at a ballot box at one of the participating businesses.
-> Each completed passport is a ballot for a draw to win downtown money.  

Bring your Holiday Shopping Passport downtown on November 29th for Black Friday as more than 100 downtown businesses put on some of the biggest sales of the year. Keep in mind that parking is free for two hours in downtown Peterborough on Fridays in November, and seven days a week in December, courtesy of the City of Peterborough.

Check out downtownptbo.ca for the full list of participating passport locations.

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