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Dear Readers,
  Right here to my left is my favorite gift to put in a box with a ribbon. It lasts all year and offers unique experiences every time it’s used. From children to elders there’s a park to enjoy that brings many benefits to a person’s life.
I’m old enough to prefer presents that don’t require a place to put it, so I prefer experiences. Younger people, especially young families, appreciate gift that they cannot afford to buy for themselves. That makes the gift a double benefit. I’m especially fond of buying my granddaughters things their parents can’t afford and sharing the pleasure of taking them shopping.
Amie Windsor wrote about teaching children how to give meaningful gifts. (page 10). It’s part of raising children to teach then how to think outside their own desires, to love someone enough to know what would give them pleasure.
This year I’m encouraging you to EXPERIENCE shopping in a way that brings a bit of fun to the process. Our retailers have suffered so much with the fires, floods, and power shutoffs (everyone has quite honestly), I thought that by offering readers something of value to encourge you to walk through the door of our locally-owned businesses could make shopping FUN!
Each of these businesses has a $10 Gift Certificate for you - IF - you go to their store, get the form below marked, and send it to me with as
 many places as you have visited. The more you visit, the better your chance to WIN 48 Gift Certificates. It’s a Win/Win for everyone.
Happy Holidays!
    LOVE where you LIVE PASSPORT
 VISIT our ADVERTISERS! Have them CHECK the Box next to their name.
FIND our Advertisers Addresses on the Centerspread MAP - Shop & Have FUN! WIN $490 worth of Gift Certificates!
WIN GIFT CERTIFICATES to ALL our Advertisers Businesses!
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o 10 - Fine Tree Care
o 11 - Graton Gallery
o 12 - Guerneville 5 & 10
o 13 - Heritage Salvage
o 14 - Holiday on Florence/Abby Bard o 15 - Hopscotch Gifts & Gallery
o 16 - Ideal Hardware
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Kindred Fair Trade
Made Local Marketplace Monte-Bellaria di California Nightingale Breads Occidental Crafts Fair Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary Park Plaza Shopping Center Petaluma Downtown Assoc. Pig Alley
Positively Fourth Street Purls of Joy
ReStyle Marketplace Russian River Art Gallery Russian River Brewing Co. Russian River Chamber Russian River Glass Images
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Antiquarian & Florabunda Art & Soul of Sebastopol Beekind
Cape Fear Café
Russian River Vineyards Sebastopol Gallery Sebastopol Senior Center Second Chances Used Books Sewn- Sewing for Your Home Sonoma County Reg. Parks Sophies Cellars
Stewards Forest to Sea Nature Stones Throw Gifts
Studio Nouveau
Swede’s Feeds
Twice Told Books
Union Hotel & Restaurant Upstairs Gallery
Wild Birds Unlimited Worldly Goods
Your CBD Store
Cetonia Bath & Body Cloverdale Nursery Cultivate Home Dominiques Sweets Duncans Mills Tea Shop
Winner gets ALL the Gift Certificates!
Entries with the most boxes checked will be put into a drawing. DEADLINE for entering December 31, 2019
SEND this form to: The Sonoma County Gazette, 6490 Front St, #300, Forestville, CA 95436
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