Buy Nearby Weekend 2025

Shop 3 Challenge Punch Card Contest

Visit three Michigan-owned businesses on Buy Nearby Weekend and enter to win a $500 gift card!

How to Enter:

Visit three Michigan-owned businesses (and more) during Buy Nearby Weekend between October 3-5, 2025.

Any Michigan-based business is eligible to participate and stamp/initial your punch card. 
View participating MRA members at BuyNearbyMI.com

Fill out your punch card and get a stamp or initial from each business. No purchase is necessary for entry.

Upload a photo of your completed postcard to the form on this page or email a photo of your punch card to communications@retailers.com.

The $500 gift card winner will be contacted after October 15th

Submission deadline: Oct. 7, 2025
Winner Notification: Oct. 15-17, 2025

Rules: Shopper participants must be 18+ years of age to enter. No purchase necessary to enter.  Businesses must be located in Michigan to be eligible for participation. Michigan Retailers Association membership is not required. One participating shopper will be awarded a $500 Visa gift card. MRA employees and their families are not eligible to enter. Contest entries mailed to MRA for entry must be received by October 15, 2025. Mail entries to 603 S. Washington Ave. Lansing, MI 48933