Ponoka's Passport to Christmas is Digital in 2026

How to enter:

• Download the free Open Rewards app on your smartphone
• Find Passport to Christmas
• Shop at participating Ponoka businesses
• Snap a photo of your receipt in the app
• Every $10 spent earns a stamp, and every stamp is an entry.

What you can win:

• Two $100 Chamber Bucks draws every week, Nov. 10 to Dec. 18
• The Ultimate Local Grand Prize, drawn Dec. 18

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Passport to Christmas 2026: Rules & Regulations

• Download the Open Rewards app, create an account and join the Ponoka Passport to Christmas program.
• Every $10.00 spent at a participating business earns one (1) stamp. Amounts carry over between purchases. For example, a $15.00 purchase earns 1 stamp, and the remaining $5.00 counts toward your next stamp.
• To collect stamps, take a photo of your receipt and upload it in the app. Receipts must show the business name and address, the date, the total and the payment method, and must be clear and uncropped. Handwritten totals are not accepted.
• Only purchases made between November 6 and December 18, 2026 count. Receipts must be uploaded by 11:59 p.m. on December 18.
• Each stamp is one entry into the draws. There is no limit to the number of stamps you can collect.
• A maximum of 600 stamps ($6,000) can be earned from any single purchase, including vehicles, RVs, trailers and equipment.
• Real estate, rent, mortgage payments, property taxes, utility bills and loan payments do not earn stamps.
• Only final, fully paid receipts count. Deposits, layaways and down payments do not.
• Splitting one purchase into multiple receipts to get around the cap is not allowed.
• Gift cards earn stamps when they are purchased, not when they are spent.
• Weekly draws: two (2) winners of $100 in Chamber Bucks are drawn each week of the program, for 12 weekly prizes in total. Each weekly draw uses the stamps earned that week.
• "Ultimate Local" Grand Prize: drawn December 18, 2026, from all stamps earned during the program. Weekly winners stay eligible for the Grand Prize.
• Winners are notified by phone and email and must correctly answer a skill-testing question. Winners must be 18 or older.
• Chamber Bucks: prizes are awarded as Chamber Bucks promotional certificates, redeemable at participating Ponoka & District Chamber of Commerce businesses. Chamber Bucks have no cash value, cannot be exchanged for cash, and no change will be given on purchases less than the certificate's value. Chamber Bucks must be used by March 31, 2027.
• The Chamber may check a winner's receipts before awarding any prize.
• Winners' names will be published on the Ponoka Chamber website, on social media or in Ponoka News.
• All prizes must be claimed by March 31, 2027.

Passport to Christmas: Chamber Bucks Rules

PROMOTIONAL PRIZE. NOT FOR RESALE.

• Redeemable at participating Passport to Christmas businesses.
• See the list at https://ponokachamber.ca/Ponoka's+Passport+to+Christmas/CustomCtg
• No cash value. No change given.
• Valid until March 31, 2027.
• Lost or stolen Bucks cannot be replaced.

• Accept Chamber Bucks at face value towards eligible purchases.
• Return original Bucks to the Chamber for reimbursement by cheque.
• Submit all Bucks to the Chamber by April 30, 2027.

Passport to Christmas: Privacy Policy

What we collect

• Account details: your name, email address and phone number.
• Receipts: photos of your receipts, including the business name and address, date, total and payment method.
• Program activity: your stamps, entries and prizes won.
• Optional details: any demographic information you choose to give in the app (for example, age range or postal code).

Why we collect it

• Run the program, award stamps and check that receipts are valid.
• Hold the weekly and Grand Prize draws.
• Contact winners by phone and email, confirm they are 18 or older, and arrange prize pickup.
• Understand shopping trends in Ponoka using combined totals only (for example, total dollars spent locally), so we can improve the program and report results to participating businesses and the Chamber board.

Who sees it

• The Chamber: staff and program volunteers who run Passport to Christmas.
• Open Rewards: the company that runs the app stores and processes your information on the Chamber's behalf. Open Rewards also has its own privacy policy, which you agree to when you create an account.
• Participating businesses: they may receive combined program results. They do not receive your personal contact details unless you give them directly.

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