Professor Toy News and Events

Soon Professor Toy will offer Toy and Game Demonstrations as well as the use of a large multi-functional room where Craft Projects and a lively Story-Time will be held. The store also hopes to offer birthday parties and get-togethers in the near future.

Check back soon to find out more about our upcoming in-store events and activities.

The following is reprinted with permission from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a national nonprofit organization working to rebuild local economies.

Ten Reason To Shop Locally

1. Local character and prosperity : Your community's local character and prosperity thrive when you support its unique and diverse locally owned businesses.

2. Community well-being: Local businesses foster community well-being by building strong neighborhoods, sustaining communities, and contributing more to local causes.

3. Local decision-making: Local ownership means local decision making by people who live in the community and share in the effect of those decisions.

4. Local economic benefits: Keeping your money in your local economy supports local jobs, funds more local services through sales tax, and invests in neighborhood improvement and development.

5. Local jobs and wages: Locally owned businesses create more jobs locally and, in some cases, provide better wages and benefits than chains do.

6. Entrepreneurship: Local entrepreneurship fosters economic innovation and prosperity.

7. Public services costs: Local stores in town centers make more efficient use of public services and community infrastructure than big box chain stores.

8. Environmental impact: Local stores help sustain vibrant, compact, walkable town centers, which in turn are essential to reducing sprawl, automobile use, habitat loss, and air and water pollution.

9. Healthy competition: A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses across our country fosters healthy competition and ensures innovation and low prices over the long term.

10. More choices for you: An abundance of small locally owned businesses, each selecting its own product mix, guarantees a much wider range of product choices for everyone in the community.

In The News

Professor Toy in Clovis and owner Rob Fox recently got featured in the Fresno Bee® Business Section. Click here to read the article.