Take advantage of 37 local merchants’ discounts and a chance to win $500 in Alva Chamber bucks by purchasing a 2023 Northwestern Oklahoma State University homecoming button. The “Rock Rangers Rock” buttons are available at many local merchant’s businesses, as well as on the Northwestern-Alva campus.
Northwestern fans on and off campus are encouraged to show their pride by purchasing a button as a way of supporting the annual event set for Oct. 5-7. The sale of buttons is the primary funding source for Homecoming, and supporters are encouraged to buy buttons even if they will not be able to attend all the events.
Each homecoming button is numbered and has a chance to win $500 in Alva Chamber bucks. The winning button number will be drawn during the homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 6, and the drawn number must be present to win.
Making the button even more of a great deal, some local merchants will be offering discounts to patrons who wear a Homecoming button in their businesses during the week of Homecoming, Monday, Oct. 2, through Saturday, Oct. 6. A list of discounts from the participating merchants along with other homecoming information is available at www.www.nwosu.edu/homecoming.
“The buttons pay for every aspect of homecoming,” Karen Koehn, button sales chair, said. “The costs include everything from parade floats to Miss Cinderella.
“We’ve been fortunate to keep the price of the button at $10, so everyone can afford one. The button alone saves an individual money if attending both Miss Cinderella events and the football game.”
The best way to support Homecoming is to purchase a button, the proceeds of which provide a financial foundation to ensure Homecoming remains a major event for years to come.
A homecoming button sells for $10 and is a $35 value, providing admission to the Miss Cinderella Talent Show and the Miss Cinderella Pageant. Each of those events has a ticket price of $10, and tickets to the homecoming football game against Harding University are $15. Those cost-saving measures are complemented by the discounts at participating merchants and the $500 Chamber bucks prize.
Contact Koehn at kkoehn@nwtech.edu or (580) 327-7273 if interested in purchasing buttons.
Buttons also are available at the Alva Chamber of Commerce office located at 502 Oklahoma Blvd., (580) 327-1647; the Northwestern Foundation office in the Student Center, (580) 327-8593; or the Northwestern business office in Herod Hall, (580) 327-8536.
Alva merchants also have buttons to sell including Alva Vision Clinic, (580) 327-2393; Bate’s Bows Co. & More, (580) 596-6101; Holder Drug, (580) 327-3332; LaDEEda’s, (580) 327-0382; Rialto, (580) 327-0535; Sights and Sounds/Radio Shack, (580) 327-0409; and Shepherd Oil Convenience Store, (580) 327-8055.
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