Dear Friends,

This holiday season, keep your spending local and help support a more locally based economy.

Through the generosity of local businesses, when you purchase holiday gifts using BerkShares, you earn the chance to win great prizes. BerkShares Holiday Shop-a-Thon began yesterday and goes
through December 24, 2007.

Here is how it works: each time you purchase a holiday gift using BerkShares from a participating merchant, you receive one raffle ticket. Fill the ticket out with your name and address and return to the merchant. You are limited to one raffle ticket per retail business per day.

Raffle prizes include:

Grand prize: 500 BerkShares courtesy of Berkshire Bank, Lee Bank,
Pittsfield Co-op Bank, and Salisbury Bank and Trust

$250 gift certificate to Berkshire Bike & Blade
$100 savings bond from Berkshire Bank
$100 savings bond from Lee Bank
$100 savings bond from Salisbury Bank & Trust
$100 savings bond from Pittsfield Co-op Bank
$50 gift certificate to Michele’s Salon and Day Spa
$50 gift certificate to Tom’s Toys
$50 gift certificate to The Chef’s Shop
$25 gift certificate to Hoffman Pottery
a pair of binoculars from The Snap Shop
a gift basket from Locke Stock & Barrel
a pair of earrings from Saskia Larraz Designs
a two-year subscription to Orion Magazine
a one-month membership to Berkshire South Community Center
a kitchen garden salad kit from Sproutman & Company
a bluebird box and polekit from Wild Birds Country Store

Drawing to take place the first week in January 2008.

BerkShares Holiday Shop-a-Thon Participating Merchants

Great Barrington
AdventureUs
Agway
Barrington Outfitters
Bella Fine Jewelry
Berkshire Gold & Silversmith
Berkshire Bike & Blade
Berkshire Co-op Market
Bill’s Pharmacy
Bizalion’s
Bridlewood
Brighter Daze
Church Street Trading Co.
Crystal Essence
Evergreen
Gans Bedding
Gatsby’s
Gorham & Norton
Guido’s Fresh Marketplace
Hammertown Barn
Hildi B.
Homeward Bound
Jack’s Country Squire
La Pace
Locke Stock & Barrel
Mainstreet
Matrushka
McGrory Oriental Rugs
Mementos
Mullin-Jones Antiquities
Objects of Art & Antiques
Off the Beaded Path
Petria Boutique
Rubiner’s Cheesemongers
Sproutman & Co.
T. P. Saddle Blanket
The Bookloft
The Chef’s Shop
The Gifted Child
The Snap Shop
Threds
Tom’s Toys
Tune Street
Vault Gallery
Ward’s Nursery
White Knight Records|
Wild Birds Country Store
Worldwide Market Square
Yellow House Books

Housatonic
Lauren Clark Fine Art

Lenox
Berkshire Classic
Chocolate Springs
DeVries Fine Art
Drygoods
eat your peas...
Guido’s Fresh Marketplace
Hanback Gallery
Inspired Planet
Liliana Antiques

Mill River
Ann Getsinger

Monterey
Grenadier Pottery
Monterey General Store

New Marlborough
Saskia Larraz Designs

Pittsfield
Dr. Lahey’s Garden
Ferrin Gallery

Sheffield
Babies in Bloom
Barb’s Baked Goods
Campo De’Fiori
Neighborgoods

South Lee
Borgnis & Son

Southfield
Buggy Whip Antiques

Stockbridge
7 Arts
Elm Street Market|
Heirlooms
Home Thoughts from Abroad
Stockbridge Booksellers

West Stockbridge
Baldwin’s Hardware
Hoffman Pottery

Chatham, NY
Davistudio Fine Porcelain

(Ask before choosing a gift. Some restrictions may apply.)

BerkShares
P. O. Box 125
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-1737
www.berkshares.org