Warning: include(include/home_slides.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/makehello/makehello.com/350project.php on line 166

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'include/home_slides.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/php5/lib/pear') in /home/makehello/makehello.com/350project.php on line 166

makeHELLO

supports the 3/50 Project.

3

What three independently owned businesses would you miss if they disappeared? Stop in. Say hello. Pick up something that brings a smile. Your purchases are what keeps those businesses around.

50

If half the employed population spent $50 each month in locally owned independent businesses, it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue. Imagine the positive impact if 3/4 the employed population did that.

68

For every $100 spent in a locally owned independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here. Spend it online and nothing comes home.

1

The number of people it takes to start the trend...you.

Pick 3. Spend 50. Save your local economy.