Local charity in Guelph and surrounding counties raising funds to support community health and local restaurants
From April 14th to April 30th, buy a golden ticket to support community health & local restaurants! The goal is to raise $10,000 to support the ARCH programs, including our HIV, PrEP, and trans clinic, our support services for individuals living with HIV, and our community harm reduction program.
When you buy a golden ticket:
• You donate money to ARCH
• Receive a gift card for a partnering restaurant
• Get entered for a Taste for Life Draw!
How to participate?
• When you donate $40, you’ll get a $10 gift card for a partnering restaurant
• When you donate $100, you’ll get a $30 gift card for a partnering restaurant
• Every donation helps! For every $10 you donate, you’ll be entered in the TFL draw! Win great prizes!
British Columbians have purchased over $439,000 in gift certificates from 1,430 businesses in the 109 communities on the Support Local BC website.
The Neighbourgood is a website that matches businesses that need marketing help with freelancers willing to donate time as well as selling gift cards on behalf of local businesses
Calgary Dollars enable you to Earn, Buy, Sell, and Exchange
Post ads, earn rewards, and be local!
Local Dollars, an app based platform, helps people to purchase from local businesses and recirculate funds in community.
Based in Manitoba
Supporting main streets in Quebec City through “Solidarity Dollars” to alleviate the precariousness of businesses during COVID19.
This group has created a local currency so that the contributors’ investment can be returned directly to participating businesses. This currency will be available in paper or digital form through the Wyse Wallet app.
The project will consolidate the achievements of the commercial arteries and allow citizens to participate concretely in the recovery by investing in hyperlocal entrepreneurship. Let us be # solidairespournosartères!
Vancity, LOCO BC, and business organizations throughout the Lower Mainland are launching a program to promote the purchase of gift cards from local businesses in partnership with Support Local BC.
The site launched initially with businesses from the Greater Victoria region and has currently sold more than $22,000 in gift cards for 172 businesses. With this partnership with Vancity and LOCO BC, the platform is expanding to include businesses through Metro Vancouver and in Squamish, and is expected to connect consumers to hundreds of local businesses. To join the platforms, businesses can sign up at no cost. The sign up process takes about two minutes to fill out the form and businesses will be added to the site quickly. Gift cards are available for purchase in $10, $25, $50 and $100 denominations.
Posters that businesses can use to communicate how they are operating: pickup, delivery, in person or online
This is real-life representation of the Riverside BIA Directory, a colour-coded live map which indicates in real time what level businesses are operating at. The colour codes are the same for the map and signs. Green indicates a business that’s open but may have reduced hours and offerings, yellow means a business is open online or via phone only, and red means the business is closed for now.
Together Apart: Platform to support small businesses in the Ottawa region
List & links to businesses that are open and what kind of service they are offering (gift cards, delivery, etc.)
LocalLove.retales.ca links Nova Scotia businesses with online gift cards
So you don’t have to go out today but you can invest in a local biz for tomorrow
Downtown Kingston BIA provides resources to help support local businesses during pandemic
Downtown Kingston BIA provides resources regarding the local businesses and how they are adapting and how to support businesses that remain open in some capacity.
Halifax mainstreet BIA creates online platform for shops and services
The Quinpool Road Mainstreet District Association launched an online version of the street’s shops and services at www.quinpool.shop. The site includes links to many Quinpool shops, services and restaurants that have transitioned their businesses into online sales, deliveries and arranged pickup.
Downtown North Bay platform for supporting local business
A platform for supporting local bars and restaurants through the purchase of gift cards
Eatlater helps people to find restaurants, bars, wineries by location across Canada, and support them through thepurchase gift cards.
City of Cornwall platform to purchase gift certificates for downtown businesses
The Campaign to Save Main Street is a website to allow customers to purchase gift certificates for local small businesses in Cornwall, Akwesasne, and SD&G Counties.
Website organized by city shows businesses that are open/serving
City resources are organized by sector and for each business approach to serving is indicated (e.g., pickup, delivery, online)
Business owners find creative ways to keep operations going despite storefront shutdowns
Some of the adaptations include live streaming of fitness classes, online health consultations, preordered restaurant meals and home delivery of everything from beer to books. For many entrepreneurs, the changes aren’t just about business survival, but also keeping themselves and their employees busy and motivated during the coronavirus crisis.
“Shop in the Heart” is a COVID-19 response platform organized by the Downtown Edmonton BIA
Site organized by the Edmonton Downtown Business Association showcasing downtown restaurants, retailers and other businesses who have found a way to deliver their goods and services to the people of Edmonton. Includes those businesses offering online classes or streamed services, gift cards, virtual appointments, equipment rental, delivery or curbside pickups and food specials such as custom meal boxes. Some businesses are offering deep discounts and specials during this time, or free items, donations & specials to first responders and hospital workers.
“Support London Businesses” lists online stores of local businesses in London
This local resource includes a list of London retailers with online stores, a pledge for residents to sign onto to do one activity a day to help a local London business, and ecommerce advice.
Local Calgary businesses come together to create platform for purchasing gift cards from restaurants during COVID-19
Eat Later allows residents to support local bars and restaurants in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto & GTA, and Vancouver.
Toronto-based rental company creates $500K COVID-19 relief fund
Greenrock Real Estate Advisors’ (GREA) has developed a series of initiatives to assist its residents and community members including: $300,000 towards local charitable organizations; a rent assistance program that allows residents to use their last month’s rent deposit as a credit towards their rent payments; the deferral of rent increase notices; $200,000 of grocery gift cards for all Greenrock managed residential units; and a specialized germ protection treatment program.
Tourism Vancouver makes improvements to its website during COVID-19
The website now provides information and maps on open restaurants offering takeout/delivery across Vancouver
Aid Local not-for-profit initiative helping Canadian small businesses during COVID-19
The website includes a map and directory of businesses that have gift cards for sale or are delivering during the COVID-19 pandemic, to give people a way to support them during this time. Supported by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and the BBB of Southern Alberta.
Love for Local – New Brunswick is a Facebook site to support local businesses in NB during the COVID-19 pandemic
Looking to build a community of people who are looking to support local businesses during the COVID-19 Pandemic (@loveforlocal)
Prince Edward County-based website updates residents on businesses offering products and services to the community.
Prepared by Dale Mugford, who works at Yeeboo Digital in Prince Edward County, the website is updated daily, directly from the business community and with partnership between local organizations
Downtown Vancouver businesses move online
Dance, laugh, learn, work out, meditate and play with the Downtown Vancouver BIA’s new virtual events forum. Weekly listings!
Buy gift certificates now…for use later to support local business
Buy Gift Certificates to Support Local Businesses for Greater Victoria’s local, independent businesses for future use
Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area solicits support for locally owned businesses during COVID-19
By purchasing gift cards and certificates, the community can help independent businesses cover their critical expenses and gives them a boost during this difficult time.
Platform for purchasing gift certificates to support small businesses
Kabbage is a global platform to help local entrepreneurs. Any business can sign up to sell gift certificates online, and anyone can purchase them to support participating small businesses.
Restaurant industry professionals set up global platform for getting funds into hands of restaurants during COVID-19
Due to the impact that the coronavirus COVID-19 has had on the restaurant community, a collective of restaurant industry professionals have set a global initiative in motion to get funds into the hands of restaurants NOW, even if they are temporarily closed. A “Dining Bond” works like a savings bond, where you can purchase a “bond” at a value rate to be redeemed for face value at a future date.
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