2022 Christmas Stroll button design contest winner to be announced

The Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce and City of Sheridan Mayor Rich Bridger will announce the winner of the 2022 Sheridan Christmas Stroll Button Design Contest and unveil the winning design at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Council Chambers in Sheridan’s City Hall.

Every year, Sheridan County students in grades 1 – 6 are invited in the spring to submit designs to the Sheridan County Chamber’s Christmas Stroll Committee for the Stroll Button Design Contest. 

During a recent appearance on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber, Dixie Johnson, announced the committee selected the winning design based upon how well it reflects this year’s theme, “Snow Globe Christmas.”

The Chamber announced the winner will receive a framed copy of the winning button design, the first button and $100 in Chamber Bucks.

According to the Chamber, Stroll buttons each have a unique number and are purchased by the public, who begin wearing them at the Christmas Stroll. While shopping locally during Christmas Stroll and through Christmas Eve, button wearers look in participating businesses for the number that matches their Stroll Button. Those with matching numbers win a prize from the business valued at $50 or more.

The Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce encourages Stroll button purchasers to continue wearing their Stroll buttons on Stroll Day and throughout the holiday shopping season for the Chamber’s “Get Caught Shopping” campaign. If caught shopping locally in participating businesses by Chamber “elves” while wearing their Stroll button, they can win Chamber Bucks in amounts from $25 to $200.

Stroll buttons will be available for purchase by the public the first week of November at the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce, 54 S. Main St., and at participating businesses. Cost is $5 each.

The Chamber announced this year’s Christmas Stroll will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25. Stroll button holders can begin checking for matching button numbers that morning. Main Street and Grinnell Plaza will be closed from 4 to 8 p.m. for hay wagon rides, giveaways and more. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting with children and available for photos at the WYO Theater.

For local business owners wishing to participate in the Christmas Stroll, there is still time to register. The deadline is Oct. 31. The deadline must be met to allow time for promotional items to be completed by Nov. 25. 

For more information on the 27th Annual Christmas Stroll, click here or the Sheridan Christmas Stroll page on Facebook.