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Hey, I'm Jocelyn and today's video are four things that you can do to help
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tourism in your local area. As we know, this year everybody sort of suffered and
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as travelers we really want to encourage people to fix that in little ways if
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we're able to. So the first way we can do that is to go. So go to your local
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museums, these beautiful historic homes like the Vroman Mansion here in Bloomington that we're visiting. Go to your local restaurants and you know there are zoos and all
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sorts of things around your neighborhood, in your town, and in your region. You can go and see those
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and support them by you know paying the admission or you know whatever, but going there and being
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part of it and supporting them with your time and your money. So go visit those historic homes like
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this the Broman in Bloomington, Illinois, which we really love to see. Go visit, you know, the
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museums and all of your local zoos and things like that and do those things and keep social
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distancing in mind. I've got my mask right here and, you know, right now because there's so few
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people actually visiting, social distancing is actually pretty easy to do in most of those places
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So, if you can go and support them and social distance at the same time, do it
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And while you're at it, grab something. That's our number two. Grab something in the gift shop because those small purchases make a big difference for all of those organizations So as we have traveled and social distance around the country this year we been buying Christmas gifts and birthday gifts and
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things at all the little gift shops. So we're supporting local businesses wherever we are
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And if you're able to do it, it's a great way to support those small things and help this tourism
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economy, kind of hold on. My third thing is to give. If you are able to donate, please do it
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There are so many great organizations out there. I have worked in nonprofit for years for children's
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museums and historic museums, and you know what? Every dollar counts, and when you are able to do
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that, it makes a huge difference to their operating budget. Sometimes you might want to give to a
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specific part of what they need. But if you can give just to their operating budget, it does so
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much for those small organizations. So my last thing is to get out. Get out of your house. We've
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all been crammed in there for way too long. Do what we're doing. We've gotten out and we're staying
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at the Vroman Mansion and we're really enjoying ourselves and it's just such a beautiful place
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right now during the holidays. But if you can get out, give yourself a little bit of peace
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but also support a local business. That's a huge thing. So I hope that you guys can kind of take into consideration these four things
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and be able to support some of those tourist-related operations around your neighborhood and your town
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And thanks for watching. Merry Christmas
