November TMCF Winner is Ready to Hit the Hiking Trail

Teresa Perea-Getter of Valmeyer is the November Think Monroe County First “Super Consumer” drawing winner. Perea-Getter has won a "Hiker's Dream Package" valued at more than $280 from Action Graphics and Signs, 8802 Sumner Road, Waterloo.

The package includes: High Sierra Loop Backpack with headphone jack, Zippo excursion set including binoculars, Zippo 11 function army knife and Zippo hand warmer, Crossing Nordic Walking Stick set, High Sierra Digital Compass, Stay Safe EMA First Aid Kit, Crossing Excursion Water Bottle Set with survival tools. Plus, a 22 x 28 custom digital photo enlargement of your own digital photo, mounted on foam core and ready for framing.

Perea-Getter’s entry was drawn at HTC Technologies Co., 170 Columbia Center in the Marketplace Shopping Center in Columbia.

December’s winner will receive a laundry storage tower valued at $299.99 from Sears in Waterloo. The laundry tower is designed to create a more organized, efficient and inviting laundry area by keeping laundry products together and within easy reach. With 2 large drawers, a pull-out supply tray and a retractable hanging rod, the tower provides ample storage space for detergent, stain sticks, and dryer sheets. It also offers a convenient work area for top-loading laundry pairs. Tower can be placed between the washer and dryer, or on either side.

Watch your local newspapers--The Monroe County Independent, The Republic-Times, and the Monroe County Clarion --for coverage on winners as well as the next Business Spotlight Feature on our participating businesses.

To take the pledge to Think Monroe County First and for more information on the program visit www.thinkmonroecountyfirst.com or http://monroecountylocal.blogspot.com. You can also learn more about the Monroe County Economic Development Council at http://www.monroecountyedg.org/.

Another way to become involved is to contact U of I Extension Unit Educator, Community and Economic Development, Nora Feuquay at 618-939-8681 ext. 309/ nfeuquay@illinois.edu, or a member of the Monroe County Economic Development Council at 618-939-8681 ext. 216.