Batavia families will have a new way to support local schools and downtown businesses this fall when Batavia MainStreet launches its first-ever Shop Local. Support Our Schools! community weekend September 12–13.
The two-day event will bring together more than 30 participating downtown Batavia businesses and six Batavia elementary school PTOs for a weekend focused on shopping local, supporting small businesses, and giving back to local schools.
During the event, participating businesses will donate a portion of qualifying sales to the participating PTOs. Families simply shop or dine at participating businesses during their regular business hours and mention their school or PTO at checkout. Batavia MainStreet will collect the donations and distribute the funds evenly among the six participating PTOs.
In addition to supporting local schools, families can make a day of exploring downtown with the event’s School Spirit Passport and School Logo Hunt. The School Spirit Passport includes an event map featuring participating businesses and gives families an easy way to explore downtown during the weekend.
Families can find the full list of participating businesses, event details and the School Spirit Passport/event map at: https://downtownbatavia.com/event/shop-local-support-our-schools.
—Batavia MainStreet