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2019 Plaid Friday, Cider Monday and More

Campaign Introduction:

YOU can help us inspire more of our friends and neighbors to support locally owned businesses by shifting more of our holiday spending to independent businesses. Show off your dedication to the local economy movement and support our campaign today!

$5,039

Funds Raised

$5,000

Funding Goal

Nov 2019

Ended

This campaign was successful! 😃
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$5,039

Funds Raised

$5,000

Funding Goal

Nov 2019

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Raised Percent :
100%
This campaign was successful! 😃
Or purchase a reward below if available!
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Campaign Story

Last year's Shift Your Shopping Promotion (including our community's signature Plaid Friday Event) went statewide. With your support, we will continue to build traction -- inspiring more and more AND MORE community participation and media attention. Jen Risley, Marketing Manager at Monadnock Food Co-op and former Executive Director of Monadnock Buy Local, is working with national organizers to make this year ROCK!

With their support and your participation, we will:

  • Leverage the importance of supporting locally owned businesses, like yours and your favorites.
  • Inspire more of us to shift our holiday spending to independent businesses.
  • Show off your dedication to the local economy movement.

Claim a reward (see rewards to the right) and contribute to our success today! Thank you!

Campaign Contributions

Name Location Date
Anonymous , NH November 02, 2019
Jennifer Risley Keene, NH November 02, 2019
Peterborough Art Academy , NH November 02, 2019
Elm City Brewery , NH October 30, 2019
Mayfair Farm , NH October 30, 2019
Joseph's Coat , NH October 30, 2019
Kim Vincent Laramie, WY October 30, 2019
Jeff Tharpe Keene, NH October 30, 2019
Laura Carbonneau BRATTLEBORO, VT October 29, 2019
Creative Encounters , NH October 29, 2019
One Stop Country Pet Supply , NH October 29, 2019
Beeze Tees , NH October 29, 2019
WORKS BAKERY CAFE' Keene, NH October 28, 2019
The Insurance Source , NH October 27, 2019
Toadstool Bookshop peterborough, NH October 26, 2019
Jim Giddings Greenville, NH October 26, 2019
Marcia Kayser Keene, NH October 26, 2019
Cheryl Belair Keene, NH October 25, 2019
The Farm Cafe , NH October 25, 2019
Sandy Hamm , NH October 21, 2019
LuvINK&Paper , NH October 20, 2019
Karen Hatcher Peterborough, NH October 18, 2019
Cheshire Horse , NH October 18, 2019
Hannah Grimes Marketplace , NH October 18, 2019
Savings Bank of Walpole , NH October 16, 2019
Denise Meadows Keene, NH October 16, 2019
Heidi Tompkins Nelson, NH October 14, 2019
Mary Ewell Spofford, NH October 14, 2019
Tiffany Mannion Swanzey, NH October 14, 2019
Anonymous Keene, NH October 14, 2019
Ruth Benedict Antrim, NH October 14, 2019
Tiffany Mannion East Swanzey, NH October 14, 2019
Marcia Kayser Keene, NH October 14, 2019
Marcia Kayser Keene, NH October 14, 2019
Marcia Kayser Keene, NH October 14, 2019
Rich Kalich Spofford, NH October 14, 2019
Rich Kalich Spofford, NH October 14, 2019
Prime Roast Coffee , NH October 10, 2019
Michael Guitard Marlborough , NH October 09, 2019
Joy Ackerman Keene, NH October 09, 2019
Ted's Shoe & Sport , NH October 09, 2019
Michael Faber Hancock, NH October 06, 2019
Melissa Blanchard Westmoreland, NH October 05, 2019
Stephanie Guitard Marlborough, NH October 01, 2019
Monadnock Food Co-op , NH September 23, 2019

Campaign Updates

  • 15-10-2019

    At 41% of our Plaid Friday, Cider Monday & More goal: Thank you!

    You can help our crowdfunding campaign get to the half-way mark by:

    Sharing this post with your customers, family and friends: Help Build the Movement
    Getting inspired for Plaid Friday on Friday, November 29: View our Plaid Friday Collage
    Reminding yourself why this movement matters: Why Care About Independent, Locally Owned Businesses?
    “The social fabric of a community is tightly coupled with the health of its independent businesses. Research has shown that communities with a larger share of local businesses have more social capital, stronger social ties, higher levels of civic engagement, and better success solving problems.”

    ~ Institute for Local Self Reliance

    Thank you for all you do to build healthier communities and a stronger local economy in our region.

  • 26-10-2019

    One More Week -- And $400 To Go!

    Thanks again for all your support for our Plaid Friday, Cider Monday & More crowdfunding campaign. We need to wrap up our crowdfunding effort this week, so we can turn our attention to this year’s Shop Indie Local campaign. I’m thrilled to be working at a national level this year to make our community’s holiday Buy Local efforts stronger and help other communities do the same.

    With the funds we’ve raised so far, we will:

    Bring Plaid Friday Photo Booths to two locally owned businesses (one in Keene and Peterborough)
    Host a Plaid Friday Launch Party with the Savings Bank of Walpole
    Place Plaid Friday and Cider ads in the Monadnock Shopper News. Keene Sentinel and Monadnock Ledger Transcript
    The final $400 we need to raise will allow us to purchase radio ad spots and pay for promotional supplies to help better spread the word throughout our region.

    We still have some great rewards left, so please feel free to snag them! : )

    Again, THANK YOU!

    Best, Jen Risley

  • 02-11-2019

    TOGETHER, We Did It!

    We reached our crowdfunding goal, thanks to all of you!

    And right on the day that this year’s Shop Indie Local initiative begins.

    We can now turn our attention to the goal of this funding, to inspire more people to join the local economy movement. Together, we’re generating ripple effects that create new jobs, charitable contributions and community prosperity!

    Hope you all had an incredible week — and please stay connected to our efforts.

    Yours locally, Jen Risley

  • 09-01-2021

    Pay-It-Forward and Fuel Our Local Living Economy

    Happy New Year! And thank you for supporting The Local Crowd Monadnock. Here’s another opportunity to help us grow our impact in 2021.

    We invite you to support our TLC Monadnock Pay-It-Forward Program by contributing $25 or more to our crowdfunding campaign.

    Since launching our community-based crowdfunding program in 2017, we’ve raised over $230,000 from 2,000 supporters for twenty-six campaigns. We’re excited to leverage TLC Monadnock to grow more and stronger locally owned businesses.

    The Pay-It-Forward fund will allow us to provide extra support and resources to campaigns aligned with our 2021 community priorities. These priorities include recruiting campaigns connected to the top 3 results of our Local Living Economy Building Blocks poll:

    Affordable Housing
    Farms & Local Food
    Living Wage Jobs & Equity
    While campaign teams may be rich in social capital, they may need access to additional resources such as business consultants, videographers and marketing tools to ensure the success of their crowdfunding campaign. We will identify each campaign team’s specific needs through a pre-assessment survey and provide extra resources to fill in the team’s most critical gaps. We will also use our Pay-It-Forward fund to match donations for crowdfunding campaigns aligned with our 2021 community priorities.

    In 2021, our goal is to raise at least $100,000 from 1,000 supporters for 10 campaigns. You can help make this happen by supporting our Pay-It-Forward program today.

    Thank you for considering this invitation and please feel free to reach out to me with any questions.

    Best, Jen

    PS: Please share our crowdfunding campaign with your friends and family! Thank you!

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Rewards

$14

Two Day Passes to FUN!

Get two free day passes to the Cheshire Children’s Museum in Keene. Check out their new Blast Off Into Space exhibit! (Value: $14)

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$16

Free Yoga Class at Aloha Keene

Enjoy a free yoga class. See their schedule at https://alohakeene.com. ($16 value)

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$25

$25 Gift Card to the Monadnock Food Co-op

Choose your favorite locally grown and made items from the our community owned full-service grocery store in Keene. Lots of great gift ideas!

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$25

$25 Gift Card to the Monadnock Food Co-op - ROUND 2

Choose your favorite locally grown and made items from the our community owned full-service grocery store in Keene. Lots of great gift ideas!

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$29

4 Jars of Organic Farmstead Preserves

The finest preserves you’ll ever taste - True preserves made with twice as much fruit as sugar, no pectin or added thickeners, all made from Cheshire Garden's organically grown fruit. Your choice of fruits. Pick up at Cheshire Garden by 12/31/19. ($29 value)

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$42

Full Moon Moose T-Shirt & Hat Combo

Full Moon Moose t-shirt and embroidered hat combo in your choice of size from small through XL. (Value: $42)

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$50

Cider Monday Rock Star

Your logo (or name) will appear in our Cider Monday ad in the Monadnock Shopper News (~60,000 weekly readers)

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$50

Plaid Friday Rock Star

Your logo (or name) will appear in our Plaid Friday ad in the Monadnock Shopper News (~60,000 weekly readers)

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$150

Plaid Friday/Cider Monday Combo Rock Star

Your logo (or name) will appear in our Plaid Friday AND Cider Monday ad in the Monadnock Shopper News (~60,000 weekly readers) AND the Keene Sentinel (delivered to ~10,000 households)

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$250

Plaid Friday Photo Booth

Sponsor a Plaid Friday Photo Booth in your town or business.

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$500

Plaid Friday RADIO Rock Star

Your business (or name) will be mentioned during one week of our Plaid Friday radio ads (2 sponsors highlighted in each ad)

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$1,000

Plaid Friday Launch Party

Sponsor a Plaid Friday celebration in your town or business. Your name and logo will appear on our Launch Party marketing materials and your business name included in our event press release. We'll plan this party together and make it sweet!

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