Finalists Announced! Cast Your Ballots for Family Favorite Awards!

Over the last few weeks, we asked you to share your favorite hot spots.  From favorite photographers, pizza, dance classes, and farms- you guys showed up for your local favorites! The nominations were counted and now it's time to vote on the finalists.  Have your voice heard and help us crown the 2023 "Most Loved Businesses"! 

What are Family Favorite Awards?

It's no secret we love small businesses here at Macaroni Kid and we want to recognize all the hard work, dedication, and services they provide to our community.  Family Favorite Awards will be given to businesses in a variety of categories in our area.   These awards are given based 100% on number of votes from local families and are a true reflection of our areas most loved businesses and services.  Businesses can't pay to be nominated or for votes, so it's all up to their loyal customers to help them win! Click here to cast your ballot.

Why Should I Participate? How Can I Help My Favorites Win?

Small businesses are the life blood of our communities- let's #supportlocal!  The Family Favorite Awards are a 100% free opportunity to give your local neighbors a much appreciated boost. Remember, when you support a local business an actual person does a little happy dance- imagine what it would mean to a business to receive the honor of "Most Loved Local Business"!  In addition to helping businesses, participation helps out fellow parents who are looking for family fun of their own. 

Casting a ballot is an important step to helping a business be crowned "Most Loved", but you can also help by sharing out this contest with family and friends,  and posting to your social media (tag the business so they know you're thinking of them!).

What's In It For the Winning Businesses?

• Listing in our Business Directory
• Paper certificate for display and digital award winner image 
• Inclusion in the article and social media postings announcing the winners
• Entered to win an advertising package valued at $300! All winners will be entered and one chosen at random!
• The honor of being recognized as one of our areas Most Loved Businesses 

I'm a Business Owner, What Should I Do?

1). Cast a ballot!  Don't be shy, someone has to get the ball rolling.

2). Share out this contest on your social media channels.  It's free to cast a ballot and voters can choose to opt in or out of the Macaroni Kid weekly e-mails.  Which means they can simply vote for you and never hear from us again (sad, but true!). 

3). Reach out to your contacts for support with votes. 

4). Need Family Favorite Awards materials to help you get the word out (logos, links, and more)? Contact melissastruchen@macaronikid.com for all the goodies!

Timeline:

• May 22nd Finalists announced (top 5 nominees in each category).  Voting begins.
• June 7th  (11:59pm EST) voting closes
• June 9th winners announced

Rules:

-One ballot per e-mail address.

-Please choose one business per category.  You do not have to vote for every category, but may only submit one form.

- Macaroni Kid confirms AND validates each email to ensure authenticity. We reserve the right to eliminate votes that are deemed to be invalid or have interfered with the fair administration of this contest.

- Nominating a business will NOT automatically enroll you in the Macaroni Kid Southern Montgomery weekly newsletter.  However, if you'd like to subscribe to our FREE publication, click here.

Cast your ballot for this year's finalists! We had a ton of nominations, here are the finalists!

Questions?  Comments?  Contact me directly at melissastruchen@macaronikid.com