We love love love Small Business Saturday around here. This event, falling each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, reminds us of the importance of supporting the small businesses that support our communities.

This has been especially on my mind this fall, as my hometown was significantly impacted by Hurricane Helene in late September.

For the fifth year, Sugar & Kiki is offering our Small Business Saturday shoppers a gift card to another small business.

We enjoy the novelty of the experiences in small businesses - brick & mortar and online. We delight in knowing that small business owners do a happy dance every time they make a sale.

If you like these things, too, we hope you’ll join us in shopping small this holiday season, and especially on November 30th.

You may want to shop directly with some North Carolina businesses that have been affected by Hurricane Helene. We’ve provided links to their shops below.

If you decide to shop with us, you can still support them - because we’ll buy you a gift card! Additionally, one lucky Small Business Saturday shopper will win Provisions Mercantile’s Asheville Makers Sip It Up gift box, pictured below ($165 value). Get one entry for every $10 you spend on 11/30/24.

A few more great small businesses - for your holiday shopping, or for your bonus gift card on Small Business Saturday: