Win a Mother's Day Treat

If there is any one person in the world worth buying a gift for, you bet its your mum and with mothers's day around the corner what better way to treat your mother to a special gift by winning it.

Market traders at Crystal Peaks Shopping Centre have donated a wide range of luxury gifts to a free prize draw. The idea of not having to spend any money to treat your mum is a opportunity to good to pass up especially with the credit crunch snapping at all our heels.

The reason for the Mother's Day prize draw is due to success of the Valentine's day competition which attracted 200 participants. From the 200 entries, there were 6 eventual prize winners. One of the treats was a make-over and photo-shoot worth £145 won by Melanie Smith from Killamarsh.

Sheffield City Council’s Cabinet Member for Employment and Enterprise, Cllr Sylvia Anginotti, said: 'it is wonderful that the traders in the market place want to reward more of their customers on Mothers Day.'

Melanie’s prize included a new hair style and make-up session at Director’s Cut, followed by a professional photo shoot from PhotoWizards. Melanie said: ”It was a great Valentines Day treat for me – a real surprise to win such a nice prize. All the staff at Director’s Cut and PhotoWizards were really nice to me and also very professional, so I will definitely be visiting The Market Place again soon. ”

The draw was an obvious attempt to attract more people to the come shopping centre, and the valentines competition was a great success. With the recession hitting global businesses, it is no surprise that local market traders are suffering and having to come up with new and quirky ways to attract customers.

Prizes for the upcoming Mother’s Day draw include plenty of treats for mums, including:

• Haircut, colour, and blow dry plus hair straighteners from Funky Divas
  
• Haircut, spray tan, facial, teeth whitening and a full set of nails from Directors Cut
  
• Mother’s Day goody bag and card from Sweet Delights
  
• Bouquet of fresh flowers from the Flower Stall
  
• Cake from Breadline
  
• Seafood Platter from Shellfish
  
• Twenty pound food vouchers from the Post Office and Chicken Shack

To enter the competition, customers simply need to pick up an entry form from any stall in the market, complete and hand back to any trader by Thursday 19 March. Winners will be notified on Friday 20 March, and will be able to pick up their prize just in time for Mothers day.

Anil Pattni