Marshall County celebrates Small Business Saturday with scavenger hunt and special deals

MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. — Small Business Saturday is almost here, and in Marshall County the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce is offering special deals for those that participate.

In Moundsville, the town will be decorated, and the chamber is encouraging people to visit Local restaurants and businesses, with its headquarters for the day at Take a Bow Dance Studio, where they’ll be having a scavenger hunt.

“What it is is a ‘Where’s Woody?,’” Scott Reager, chamber executive director, said. “So, we have a `Where’s Woody’ scattered out through the towns and you have to go find Woody, tell us what shop he’s in, and who sponsored that Woody figurine, and we’ll put your name in a hopper to draw for a prize. The prize this year is you get a pool party and a rental up at Grand Vue Park at the water complex.”

There will be 20 Woody figurines people can have a chance to find.

Along with this prize, Reager said they’re going to be drawing prizes all day long for gift cards to cash prizes. If you go to a small business and keep your receipt, you’ll be able to hand it to the chamber for your name placed in a drawing. Reager said you can expect some great deals at these local business locations.

“There’s a lot of different things,” he said. “Everybody’s kind of doing stuff, along with restaurants, so you’ll to have to stop and see what everybody’s got, and that’s why we do the scavenger hunt. We are trying to get people out to the different stores that maybe they haven’t been just create some fun and some buzz for small businesses. Small business is the backbone of our communities.”

The small business headquarters will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with businesses across Marshall County open mostly from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Reager said they hope to continue doing this annually and hope shoppers will come out to show support to those that support them.

“They always speak to you, ask how they can help; they create a great experience,” Reager said. “And, like I said, these are people involved in our communities, whether it’s ball games, or you want to sponsor this, a steak fry, or some initiative or something going on in town, that’s the people everyone kind of goes to. They’re real supporters of our community, so I think we need to give it back to them, too.”