Newtown Bucks Promote ‘Buying Local’ This Holiday Season

The Newtown Chamber of Commerce’s gift certificate program called “Newtown Bucks” is a convenient way to give a gift while promoting local business. Recipients simply choose where to use the certificate.

Thirty businesses are currently participating and Newtown Bucks make a perfect present for family members, friends, co-workers, clients, teachers, bus drivers, and even that person on your list who already has everything.

Participating businesses are: A New Beginning Salon and Day Spa, Ace Hardware of Newtown, Ameriprise Financial, Attorney Anne M. Ragusa, Avance Esthetiques Day Spa, Berkshire Motors, Big Buddha Cigar Lounge, Captain Wood Carpentry, Caraluzzi’s Newtown Market, Club NewFit, Dr Baum Orthodontics, Everything Newtown, Ferris Acres Creamery, Great Finds & Designs, The Inn at Newtown, and the Lathrop School of Dance.

Also, McLaughlin Vineyards, My Place Restaurant, Newtown Florist, Newtown Hardware, Newtown Parks & Recreation, Porco Karate Academy, Preferred Insurance Services, Sal e Pepe Contemporary Italian Bistro, Sandy Hook Wine & Liquor, Stray Kats Theatre Company, Sugar Hill Service Center, Tambascio’s Italian Grill, Truly Yours, and White Glove Cleaning.

The Newtown Bucks gift certificate program supports the chamber’s goal of making sure money stays in the community. Anyone can purchase a gift certificate, for any amount, in denominations of $10 and $25 through the chamber website www.newtown-ct.com or in-person at the chamber office at Edmond Town Hall.

Newtown Bucks may be spent at any participating business. To participate in the Newtown Bucks program, a business must be a chamber member and pay a fee of $50 per year.

For questions regarding the Newtown Bucks Gift Certificate Program, contact Alice Baye at 203-426-2695.