Passport to Batavia promotes downtown merchants, raises cash for food bank

Shaw Local

BATAVIA – On Aug. 5, the Batavia Woman’s Club is hosting the second annual “Passport to Batavia,” a shopping journey through the city’s downtown shops.

Eighteen participating shops will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Merchants will have special offers, discounts, tastings and free gifts, according to a news release.

Participants can get their passports stamped so they will be eligible to win $100 in Batavia Chamber Bucks.

Tickets are $25 and proceeds will be donated to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. Tickets are available online at www.bataviawomansclub.org/programs/passport.

Participants should pick up their passports in the morning at the Batavia Farmers Market. The Batavia Woman’s Club will have passports and shopping swag bags at the Community Tent, according to the release.

MoJo Handbags and Pretty Pages, 2 E. Wilson St., Batavia, are among the 18 participating shops in the second year of Passport to Batavia. The special offers, discounts, tastings and free gifts will be available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 5 – with a $25 ticket. Funds raised will go to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. (Photo provided by Batavia Women’s Club)

The 18 participating businesses are Bee Attitudes, Bocaditos Café, Bulldog Nutrition, CatTalpa Manor, Fancy Nancy Boards, Farmdog Flowers, Flyleaf Bakery Cafe, Hearth & Hammer, House of 423, Mojo Handbags, New Moon Vegan, Paula’s Consignment Couture, Pretty Pages, Red Hive Market, Salon by the River, Special Occasions on the Avenue, Sturdy Shelter and Wilson Street Mercantile.

For more information, call 630-802-5641.