{"id":64228,"date":"2022-02-12T04:45:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=64228"},"modified":"2022-02-08T15:19:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T04:19:49","slug":"thongs-giveaway-a-hit-at-lorne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/thongs-giveaway-a-hit-at-lorne\/","title":{"rendered":"Thongs giveaway a hit at Lorne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MORE than 1000 pairs of free thongs are on their way to Lorne after the Surf Coast was the latest stop of a community giving initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Footwear manufacturer Archies was in town on Saturday delivering golden tickets to homes and businesses at Lorne as part of its happiness project.<\/p>\n<p>The giveaway forms part of Archies&#8217; plan to distribute pairs of its thongs across New South Wales and Victoria, as a show of support to regional areas that have battled through challenges of the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Archies Footwear founder and CEO Daniel Jones said he was thrilled to see Lorne residents support the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The day went really well with the Archies crew handing out more than 1000 free pairs of Archies to our friends in Lorne,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can already see the vouchers being used which is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully the latest stop in our Happiness Project brought some smiles to a few faces in Lorne.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The golden tickets each have a Lorne-specific code that recipients can redeem to receive a $40 pair of thongs from Archies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MORE than 1000 pairs of free thongs are on their way to Lorne after the Surf Coast was the latest stop of a community giving initiative. 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