Bellevue Cash Mob to Hit Your Local Market Saturday

will be the target of a mob on Saturday, but it's a good thing.

A Bellevue Cash Mob, that is. And you can join them.

From 10 am - 1 pm on Saturday, June 9, Cash Mobbers will hit Your Local Market, a local grocery store that launched last year. Mobbers are asked to come and spend $20 or more. To get in the spirit of it, mobbers can also meet three people they didn't know before, and have fun, according to the Bellevue Cash Mob Facebook page.

Cash Mobs are a events with the purpose of providing a small influx of cash for small businesses that create awareness and drive business, organizers say.

The group congregates at a locally owned business to infuse their collective cash into the merchant’s register. The day, time and location of a Cash Mob are conveyed via social media and the mobbers are simply required to show up, have a good time and shop. Several mobs around the country have reported over $1,500 contributed in just over an hour of mobbing.

For an example of how it works, check out the video of a Kansas City Cash Mob embedded with this story.

If you go

Bellevue Cash Mob will gather and spend money at Your Local Market, 410 Bellevue Way NE, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The instructions to participate are as follows: spend $20, meet three people you don't know and have fun.