There are THREE different ways to win prizes during Strive Not to Drive Week:
2. Participate in Strive Not to Drive events!! Each time you attend an event, please fill out this link to note your attendance. Each time you do so, you’re entered in a chance to win one of the prizes! See the full list of events at the calendar link in the menu above!
3. Participate in the Downtown Dollars promotion in Hendersonville! Learn more here. (This is a separate giveaway from the main Strive Not to Drive Prizes, listed below.)
Drawings for the Strive Not to Drive giveaways will take place on Monday, May 25 and winners will be notified then.
2026 Prizes Include:
- Five Go Local Asheville cards! The Go Local Card gets you access to discounts and special offers at over 700 local businesses, all while benefiting our public schools.
- A one-month household membership to the YMCA of Western North Carolina. (That’s seven convenient locations, with endless programs and amenities, for your whole family to enjoy!)
- Swag bags from the Asheville Tourists! Our local minor league team is supporting Strive Not to Drive this year with a mix of items like jerseys, baseballs, player cards, and anything inbetween! Get your Tourists swag to get hyped for the season!
- A $25 gift certificate to the Woodfin Coffee Dept, the hottest new neighborhood coffeeshop and bistro in Woodfin! (The shop is near Beaver Lake in North Asheville, in the blue building next to the Woodfin Water Department.)
- A one-year household membership to the NC Arboretum. Benefits of this prize include: Benefits include: free parking, discounts for the Gift Shop, Winter Lights, and Youth and Adult Education programs, discounts to participating Asheville area garden and nursery retailers, reciprocal admissions at gardens across the US, reciprocal admission to the N.C. Zoo in Asheboro, Arboretum Insider (the bi-monthly membership newsletter), and free admission to Arbor Evenings summer music series.
