JACKSON—Consumers Energy is helping Michigan’s local businesses this holiday season, providing $500,000 to support shopping in 55 local communities through a new gift card matching effort called “Our Town.”
Consumers Energy is providing holiday shoppers with a dollar-for-dollar match for gift cards they buy through local Chambers of Commerce and downtown organizations, doubling the amount they can spend in downtowns across the state.
“Small businesses are the backbone of the communities we serve, and every community has seen those businesses feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Lauren Youngdahl Snyder, Consumers Energy’s vice president of customer experience. “With Our Town, we want to end the year by spreading cheer. We are putting dollars directly into shoppers’ hands to help them stretch their budgets and give a boost to shops and restaurants in their hometowns.”
Consumers Energy is providing $3,000 to $40,000 to Chambers of Commerce and downtown organizations across the Lower Peninsula. Shoppers can earn the matching dollars when they buy gift cards directly from local participating organizations. The Our Town support will be available while gift cards last.
Shoppers should contact their local Chamber of Commerce or downtown association to buy gift cards.
Consumers Energy and its charitable foundation have provided nearly $5 million to nonprofit and economic development organizations this year in help related to COVID-19, including close to $2.5 million for small businesses.
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