November 27 - Small Business Saturday!

Today, I have 2 super easy ways you can make a difference...

#1.     You can make a difference in your community by participating in Small Business Saturday.  Today is the first-ever Small Business Saturday. A day to come together in support of the small businesses we love. The shops and restaurants that employ our neighbors and reinvest our money close to home. The businesses that are the heartbeat of our communities and local economies.



The goal of Small Business Saturday is to inspire you to support the local small businesses that mean the most to you. Supporting small business is all about supporting our communities. Small business is the heartbeat of local communities and the engine of the US economy. Over the past two decades, small businesses created 65 percent of net new jobs. In addition, for every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures.


Small Business Saturday recognizes the importance of small businesses to the overall economy and local communities. It’s a day to support the small, independently owned businesses we can’t live without. You can support Small Business Saturday by patronizing the local, independently owned small businesses in your neighborhood. That could mean anything from having dinner on your way home from the mall during the holiday shopping season or reserving a part of your holiday gift budget to spend at a local small business. 


And if you’re an American Express® Cardmember, you’re eligible to earn a $25 statement credit on any purchase of at least $25 on Small Business Saturday at any locally owned independent small businesses that accept American Express.  More details available here.

#2.    You can make a difference just by watching television!  You Watch.  Animal Planet Gives. It's that simple! 


Learn more about Villalobos Rescue Center, Tia Torres and her crew of family and parolees who work tirelessly to rehabilitate pit bulls and find them loving homes. Check out the Pit Bulls & Parolees site. It's  simple... You tune in for an all-new episode of Pit Bulls & Parolees tonight at 10 PM E/T and Animal Planet will donate money to the Villalobos Rescue Center. For every viewer who tunes in, Animal Planet will make a donation to Tia and her crew. (Animal Planet will donate $.10 for every viewer who tunes in up to a total of $50,000. Actual numbers determined based on cumulative viewers as measured by Nielsen.)


So warm up those Thanksgiving leftovers, kick up those feet and watch. No shopping required. It's the easiest gift you'll give all season -- and possibly the one that makes the most difference.


So there you have it... 2 easy ways to make a difference today!

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Resource:  Small Business Saturday
                    Animal Planet