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NEW HOPE-LAMBERTVILLE: Weekly fundraisers to support Friday fireworks

Visitors to the Friday Night Fireworks can purchase, online, a “Fireworks Fundraiser” ticket good for 15 percent off all area businesses participating in the fundraiser

   Want to help make sure those fireworks keep on lighting up the skies over the Delaware on Friday nights?
   If so, area residents can help the New Hope-Lambertville Chambers of Commerce, the Friday Night Fireworks Fundraising Committee and HunterdonBucks.com, which have joined forces to create a summer-long fundraiser to support the weekly fireworks of the sister towns.
   Scheduled to begin on June 28, the fundraisers will continue through the last Friday of the fireworks.
   Led by HunterdonBucks.com, visitors to the Friday Night Fireworks can purchase, online, a “Fireworks Fundraiser” ticket good for 15 percent off all area businesses participating in the fundraiser. The ticket, good only for the Friday purchased, can be presented at any area business participating in the fundraiser to receive a 15 percent discount on a purchase.
   Visitors will print their “Fireworks Fundraiser” ticket and map of participating businesses at the time of purchase. The ticket is good for multiple discounts during the same evening.
   Some of the local merchants that have already joined in on the promotion include: Triumph Brewery, Rick’s Italian, Tortuga’s Cocina, El Tule, Marhaba and The Missing Piece: Puzzles and Games. “New merchants are joining the list every day,” a spokesman said.
   Those who have purchased the “Fireworks Fundraiser” ticket online can pose for a free photo at the HunterdonBucks.com photo booth located in the parking lot of the Lambertville Station Restaurant, at the base of the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge. Just look for the disco ball lights! Additional people can join any photo at a cost of $1 per person. Additional photos are $1.
   Wilson Weed, president of the Friday Night Fireworks Fundraising Committee, praised the new collaboration with HunterdonBucks.com stating, “We are excited to begin this promotion for the fireworks and thrilled to be partnering up with HunterdonBucks.com to keep it local and support the business communities on both sides of the Delaware.”
   The fundraiser has the full support of the Chambers of Commerce of both New Hope and Lambertville.
   Tickets for the “Fireworks Fundraiser” went on sale June 17. To purchase a “Fireworks Fundraiser” ticket for the online discount of $5, visit www.HunterdonBucks.com. One ticket must be purchased of every two persons attending the fireworks.
   For each ticket sold, HunterdonBucks.com will donate half of its commission back to the Friday Night Fireworks Fund.
   For complete information about the Friday Night Fireworks Fundraiser, visit www.HunterdonBucks.com or call 908-237-2121.
    — Ruth Luse