Just in time for the after-Thanksgiving shopping weekend, 40 Shop St. Joseph merchants have announced that they are giving away second chance prizes. So when you get your Shop St. Joseph tickets during the local buying program you should keep your tickets to see if they’ve won a secondary prize.

The shopping program is designed to encourage residents to do their holiday shopping in St. Joseph. No purchase is required.

Second chance prizes range in value from $25 to $675.

Customers may receive one free ticket for visiting any participating merchant and one additional ticket for every $10 increment of purchase. A maximum of 100 tickets may be issued per transaction. To see a full list of rules, see this brochure. The St. Joseph News-Press is the presenting sponsor for Shop St. Joseph in 2015.

The program ends with a $10,000 grand prize drawing on Dec. 21,

To see a list of second chance prizes, see this link.