SMALL BIZ SATURDAY: Celebrate Small Business Saturday by Shopping Local This Saturday

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Celebrate Small Business Saturday by Shopping Local This Saturday

The Small Business Community Needs American Support Now More than Ever; Now is the Time to Salute These Entrepreneurs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With this Saturday designated as Small Business Saturday – November 27^th, Keith Hall, president and CEO of National Association for the Self-Employed, the nation's leading advocate and resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses, today called on all Americans to celebrate the community by shopping locally with America’s small businesses.

“We encourage the American public across our country to shop local and small this Small Business Saturday,” saidKeith Hall, president and CEO of the National Association for the Self-Employed. “It is our opportunity to celebrate and support America’s small business community, including the millions of solo entrepreneurs and mom-and-pop shops to gig-economy workers, who continue to drive and fuel our nation’s economy.  They, as well as many other Americans, have been deeply impacted by the COVID crisis, but remain resilient in their desire to get back to normal.”

Hall recently responded it was “not surprising” the self-employed workforce has returned to pre-pandemic levels given its resiliency, referencing a Pew Research Study. He also penned an op-ed in The Hill imploring our elected leaders in Washington to come together to support our nation’s small business community on issues ranging from COVID relief to affordable health care and ensuring tax equity and fairness.

“Please join me in celebrating America’s true entrepreneurial spirit by shopping local across our nation and supporting our nation’s small businesses. It has been our pleasure to give voice and continue to support our community, including our members and the millions of our nation’s smallest businesses, by ensuring they have the tools and resources to thrive as we climb out of this pandemic,” concluded Hall.

NASE created a COVID-19 Resource Portal for the small business community offering supportive resources and information. The National Association for the Self-Employed continues to provide financial support to its small business members for over 20 years. During that time, NASE has awarded over $1,000,000 since the Growth Grant program’s inception and continues to see significant return on our investments in the growth of member-businesses helping to fuel their local economies. To help them climb out of the COVID-19 crisis, NASE continues to offer quarterly NASE Growth Grants to its small business members on a rolling basis. To learn more, visit here.

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The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) is the nation's leading advocate and resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses, offering a broad range of benefits to help entrepreneurs succeed and to drive the continued growth of this vital segment of the American economy.

The NASE NextBizThing helps identify and connect our nation’s smallest businesses. Need small business help? Check out NASE’s Ask the Experts for advice or the NASE Minute for small business support.

The NASE is a 501(c) (6) nonprofit organization and provides big-business advantages to hundreds of thousands of micro-businesses across the United States. For more information, visit the association's website at NASE.org