Mel Foster Co. agents and staff supported more than 175 small businesses during the recent Think.Buy.Be.Local week.
Each year, Mel Foster Co. encourages its agents and staff to support local businesses in the neighborhoods where they live, work, and play during Small Business Saturday and throughout the preceding week, the company announced in a news release.
To help promote the small businesses they love, the agents and staff snapped a photo of themselves shopping, posted to Facebook, and tagged the local business and Mel Foster Co. To encourage participation and further support local businesses, Mel Foster Co. purchased gift cards from local businesses and the agent/staff member shopping and taking photos was entered into a company drawing for each posted photo.
“Large companies won’t notice your purchase over the next couple of months, but small businesses will, and it might even change their life,” said Lynsey Engels, president of Mel Foster Co. Real Estate Brokerage. “We are a local, family-owned business, so we understand how important it is to shop locally and use local service providers. When we all support each other with our business, we build a stronger community where more businesses and families can thrive.
“It’s not something we just get on board with one day of the year or even one week each year. Supporting fellow small businesses is an important part of our culture, and we strive to Think.Buy.Be.Local throughout the year,” she said.
