(WNY News Now) Now open is the CHQ Chamber’s Holiday Window Decorating Contest, which gives local customers the opportunity to vote for their favorite windows, support local companies, and win fantastic ShopLocalCHQ Gift Cards!
Local businesses can now enter the CHQ Chamber Holiday Window Decorating Contest online! You can vote for your top three favorite windows, check in and collect points to join a prize drawing, and visit your favorite participating shops!
The contest operates as follows: visit go.chqchamber.org via the browser on your phone. Click Sign Up when you see the Holiday Window Decorating pass. Click Check Out to enter your contact details in the pop-up box, and then click Complete Order. You can now cast your ballot and begin checking in at nearby establishments to enter our prize lottery! You will receive five points for each check-in. After earning 20 points (four check-ins), you can enter a raffle to win one of two $100 ShopLocalCHQ gift cards. You can enter a drawing to win a $300 ShopLocalCHQ Gift Card if you accumulate 40 points (8 check-ins). You can enter to win a $500 ShopLocalCHQ Gift Card if you accumulate 50 points (10 check-ins)! Although there is never a purchase necessary to enter this sweepstakes, we do hope you will visit our local merchants and take advantage of their amazing holiday products.
We hope you will vote for your best three windows in addition to checking in! The Vote Now button will be visible on the page. Voting is available once every 24 hours. Additionally, you will be able to change your vote after viewing additional windows and checking in at other places; therefore, your votes will not be counted until the event ends at midnight on December 15. The CHQ Chamber will award advertising packages worth a total of $2000 to the top three vote-getters.