Love Your Mom & Pop

This Mother's and Father's Day, Love Your Mom & Pop!

The Love Your Mom & Pop Campaign is an annual promotional campaign aimed at encouraging consumers to support locally owned mom n’ pop businesses for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. The campaign includes social media promotions, targeted press and marketing, and a local vendor market and fundraising event, with sponsorship opportunities available.

Social Media Contest

A social media contest will increase the campaign’s visibility by asking consumers to post photos, anecdotes and proof of their mom n’ pop support to the Buffalo First Facebook page in exchange for Love Your Mom & Pop points, which will be tallied between April 24th and May 17th. Participants with the most points will be awarded prizes donated by local businesses during a May 18th finale event.

Scroll down to see the social media contest rules!

Press and Marketing

Buffalo First will publicize the Love Your Mom & Pop campaign and mom and pop businesses through social media, blogs, news outlets and more. Blog posts featuring Buffalo First member mom n’ pop businesses and their generational family stories will be published throughout the next two months.

May 18th Vendor Marketplace

A finale vendor marketplace event will take place on Saturday, May 18th, 10am-4pm, in the lobby of the Tri-Main Center, a landmark Buffalo mixed-use building, home to over 70 locally owned businesses and organizations. The event will feature local food and drink, an artisan and entrepreneur vendor market with 15+ vendors perfect for Father’s Day shopping, presentation of our social media contest winners, and an opportunity for our members and business owners to network and build relationships. The event is free and open to the public.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EVENT OR HOW TO REGISTER AS A VENDOR

Social Media Contest Rules

Love Your Mom & Pop Events

There are no upcoming Love Your Mom & Pop events.