Grab your passport inside this edition of Our Town and get ready to Shop Hop for a chance to win more than $1,000 in gift certificates. The Silverton and Mt. Angel chambers of commerce are banding together, expanding this year’s Shop Hop, to 42 prizes, including the grand prize.
Visit participating stores in Silverton and Mt. Angel between Nov. 23 and Dec. 11 to have your passport stamped. Collect a minimum of 32 stamps from the more than 40 businesses listed on the passport, and enter it in the prize drawing
The rules are simple: one entry per person, must be present in the business to receive a stamp, and must be 16 or older to participate. Fill out the contact information section, collect your stamps and drop off entries at the Silverton Area Chamber of Commerce, 426 S. Water St. by 5 p.m. Dec. 11. The drawings will be held Dec. 12.
In Mt. Angel stop by: Mt. Angel Autobody, Old Stone Coffee & Collectibles, Mt. Angel Drug, Glockenspiel Restaurant, Bochsler Hardware, Sin-able Sweets, Mt. Angel Senior Center, Mt. Angel Mercantile, Hattie’s Sweet Shop, LuLaRoe, Mt. Angel Sausage, and Touch of Bavaria.
The Silverton locations include: Silverton Coffee Station, Stamen & Pistil, Fall Line, Willamette Valley Bank, Abiqua Animal Clinic, Silverton Subway, Postal Connections, Apples to Oranges, Shayla Lynn Jewelry, The Home Place Restaurant, 3 Ten Water Restaurant, Napa Auto Parts, Savvy Interiors, Silver Creek Animal Clinic, Books-N-Time, Mill Town Pub, Whimsy etc. Boutique / The Chocolate Box, The Lucky Leaf, Finds That Shine, Silverton Art & Frame, Astonishing Adventures, The Old Oak Oven, Somewhere in Time Resale & Collectables, Alpacas at Marquam Hill Ranch, Oregon Garden, Silverton Senior Center Thrift Shop, Betwixt & Between, Wilco and Mac’s Place.
You also can collect a stamp for a special drawing, or pick up a passport, at the Mt. Angel-Silverton Hazelnut Festival Dec.1-2. at the Mt. Angel Festhalle.
Hazelnut Fest Dec. 1 -2
The Mt. Angel and Silverton chambers of commerce are joining forces to go a little nutty, staging the seventh annual celebration of the Hazelnut Fest and German Holiday Market Dec. 1 – 2 at the Mt. Angel Festhalle, 500 Wilco Hwy. NE. Doors open 10 a.m. both days. Admission is free.
On Saturday, the Hazelnut Run begins at 9 a.m. at the Festhalle. Race information is available at racenorthwest.com. Then at 5 p.m. when the Fest closes for the day, there’s a two block family stroll with Santa to the Tree of Trades for its first holiday lighting. Sunday the Fest ends at 4 p.m. For more information visit hazelnutfest.com.
