We are giving away $1,000 every month this year! You can win $1,000 and more at no purchase necessary, just visit www.citynewsgroup.com and enter to win!
In addition to possibly becoming a $1,000 prize winner, you have the chance to win amazing gifts from local businesses!
This week’s winner of one of the weekly prize giveaways is Reba Mabry from Moreno Valley. Mabry heard about the Click-N-Win Sweepstakes by reading about it in the Moreno Valley City News. Mabry has earned herself a $30 gift certificate to Tooty Frooty!
“I am very excited for my prize and to be able to try Tooty Frooty juice bar,” Mabry said.
Now you have the chance to win too! Visit us online and search for the bag of money on our local business advertisements, click on each ad, enter your contact information and win! No purchase necessary. You may enter every day on every ad with the bag of money icon to increase your chances of winning. We will announce the winner for the month of April on May 1st.
Mabry is a realtor with the IVRI Group who specializes in making sure her clients are educated in buying and selling. Despite the new way of life brought on due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mabry has looked on the brighter side of things.
“COVID-19 has impacted my ability to see friends but beyond that I have continued my daily and overall life,” Mabry said.
More and more businesses are now able to open their doors, allow their customers inside and once again thrive within their community. We are also starting to see an impact on COVID-19 due to the number of fully vaccinated residents within the counties. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines are now reporting that it is safe for people who are fully vaccinated to gather indoors with other fully vaccinated people without a mask and travel in the United States without getting tested before or after arrival or self-quarantining after travel.
Our local businesses want to continue the positive momentum and give back to the people in their community who support their business and support #shoplocal.
One of our local businesses who is giving back is Tooty Frooty, in Moreno Valley. Tooty Frooty, located at 12270 Perris Blvd, is open Monday-Saturday 9am- 10pm and on Sunday from 10am- 10pm.
Tooty Frooty is the perfect place to go if you are looking for a healthy alternative drink or that snack you have been craving.
Tooty Frooty first opened their doors in 2008 and was one of the first stores in the community with their concept, to bring the special snacks and treats you see in street vendors into a one stop shop for all. Over the years they have thrived and stayed strong through everything that has been thrown their way.
The owner of Tooty Frooty, Leticia Sotelo, prides herself in her relationship with her customers. She says, “We were hurt in the first few months of the pandemic, but our customers really came through for us with all of their support.”
At Tooty Frooty, Sotelo makes it her personal goal that only the freshest ingredients are used in all of their products. She mentions, “We use ingredients that people love, not what is cheap for the store.”
Sotelo remembers before the COVID-19 pandemic began, buying ginger for her ginger and turmeric juice shot was relatively cheap, but ever since the pandemic began, the cost of ginger significantly increased.
Sotelo also noticed that the popularity of that particular juice shot went up after the pandemic, due to this juice shot being widely known to help boost your immune system. Sotelo, despite the increase in her costs, did not raise the price of her ginger and turmeric juice shots and continues to sell that for $1 each.
Other nutritional items on Tooty Frooty’s menu are Detox Water, carrot juice and a variety of fresh fruit shots.
Tooty Frooty is the perfect fresh and healthy stop for any time of the day when you feel like treating yourself to something sweet but without the guilt. Stop by Tooty Frooty today for the BEST juices in Moreno Valley! “I love Moreno Valley. We are the best community! I live in the neighborhood and the neighborhood takes care of me. The pandemic has really shown me that,” says Sotelo. “It (the pandemic) has taught me to be grateful. We will survive and we are not going anywhere.”
City News Group started this Click and Win Sweepstakes in March of 2020 when COVID first hit our community. We wanted to help the local businesses stay in business and in December for our $1,000 grand prize giveaway, we wanted to help a family have a nice Christmas! So, we got our heads together and came up with this program for the community. And one year later, we are still here and able to give away even more!
We know how hard the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our lives and this program allows City News Group to share and show some positivity to local businesses and to all of the members in the community.
Thank you for going online. Thank you for looking at our local business’ ads. Be sure to share what local businesses you would like to see participate! And please visit our advertisers and tell them how much you appreciate them participating.
A community should support each other and we hope this is a way to bring everyone together again. So keep on coming back because we are here to stay and our local businesses are here to stay!
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