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December 11 - 17, 2013
THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE
ACO Home, Garden & Hardware aims to warm hands of Detroit children to our staff and customers. We want to help our neighbors.” All of ACO’s 37 stores in metro Detroit also are partnering with Mittens for Detroit to collect new mittens and gloves to be distributed to Detroit area charities. Mittens for Detroit is a community initiative the sole purposeof which is to collect and distribute new, unused gloves and mittens to those in need – both children and adults – in Detroit. ACO stores in metro Detroit serving as dropoff destinations for Mittens for Detroit include: Allen Park
ACO Home, Garden & Hardware (http://acohardware.com) has partnered with Mittens for Detroit this holiday season to support the underprivileged in the communities in which it works. “Giving back to the community has been one
of our priorities since we opened our first store in 1946,” said ACO CEO Dick Snyder. “We have always prided ourselves in being a part of the communities in which we do business and are glad to see this philosophy of paying it forward spread
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ed by the bankruptcy of the City of Detroit. The Fund to Support Detroit’s Retirees, Cultural Heritage, and Revitalization provides a means for anyone who wishes to make a financial gift to assist in addressing these challenges an opportunity to do so,” said Mariam C. Noland, president of the Community Foundation.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, a public charity, has established a method for those who have been inspired to give to do so.
“This is about helping not only the retirees while preserving the treasures of the Detroit Institute of Arts, it is about helping to heal the city and the region for the benefit of all of the residents of southeast Michigan.”
“People throughout southeast Michigan, our state, the country and the world, care deeply about those individuals and cultural institutions affect-
Tax deductible contributions can be made to the Fund to Support Detroit’s Retirees, Cultural
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Heritage, and Revitalization (the Fund) of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. The purpose of the Fund is to support charitable programs and public charities, including but not limited to governmental entities, which will support Detroit’s retirees, cultural heritage, financial health and revitalization. Those wishing to contribute $10,000 or less can contribute by online credit card donation or by sending a check made payable to the “Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan,” noting “Support Detroit” in the memo line of the check. Checks mailed to:
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Fund to support Detroit’s retirees, cultural heritage and revitalization established In response to the announced intention of local philanthropist Paul Schaap to provide $5 million to support the effort underway to raise funds to mitigate pension cuts and protect the art of the Detroit Institute of Arts, individuals, businesses and others have been searching for a way to participate in this effort.
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4th Annual Global Transformation Tour-Detroit The non-profit organization, Bountiful Opportunities Group, Inc. is happy to announce their 4th Annual Global Transformation Tour-Detroit: “Bringing TRANSFORMATION to our YOUTH” where the organization is launching the Global Youth Transformation Movement via Youth Transformation Assemblies at various High Schools from December 9th through December 13. The Main Event will take place Saturday, Dec. 14. Saturday, Dec. 14, the 4th Annual Global Transformation Tour will be held at Wayne State University, Engineering
Design Center (CDC) Auditorium, College of Engineering, Rm. 1507; 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr.; Detroit, (9:00 am – 2:00 pm/). Guest speakers include founder, author (“Pregnant in the Spirit - How to Birth a Life of True Purpose”) and TV talk show host (“Transforming Detroit”), Dr. Princess-O`dilia; Gail Perry-Mason; Herb Strather; John Cromer, Dr. Gilbert Gray, author (“The Insiders Guide to a Free Ride”), Marvis Burns, and other True Purpose Team Speakers to bring to our students inspiration, empowerment, education, and the resources and tools needed to come to realize their life’s true purpose – a life of total
fulfillment in every area of their life and to successfully attain College Scholarships.
2. Chandler Park Academy (Tue. 12/10: 10:00 am)
The following schools will be participating in the Energy of Transformation on the Historic Launch week by hosting a Transformation Assembly in their auditoriums. As their youth chant “Transformation…it is so!” and the True Purpose Team share powerful stories of success and triumph and more, they’ll be inspired to live a totally happy and fulfilled life.
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1. University Prep Science and Math High School (Tue 12/10: 8:30 am – 9:30 am)
3. Southeastern High (Tue. 12/10: 1:30 pm)
5. East English Village High (Fri. 12/13: 10 am and 11 am) Visit http://bountifulgroup.com for more information. If you would like for the True Purpose Team to come to your school, contact Bountiful Opportunities Group, Inc at 1-877-888-7979 and email all correspondences to admin@bountifulgroup.com.
Meijer donates up to $10,000 to the National Diaper Bank Network atrics, one in three moms nationwide struggle with diapering their child. Women who are in need of diapers for their children reported more difficulty with stress management and depression — all which can negatively affect a child’s health and development.
Meijer will donate up to $10,000 and Huggies will donate 150,000 diapers — enough to diaper up to 25,000 babies for a day — to the National Diaper Bank Network this holiday season through the Huggies Every Little Bottom program to help ensure babies throughout the Midwest have an adequate supply of diapers.
burden for some of our customers, especially during the holiday season,” said Lynn Hempe, group vice president of softlines for the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based retailer. “We’re supporting the Huggies Every Little Bottom program this season to help ease that stress so babies have the diapers they need.”
“We understand that buying diapers can be a
According to a recent study in the journal Pedi-
Meijer will donate $1 for every package of Huggies diapers sold, up to $10,000, to the National Diaper Bank Network. Huggies will donate up to 150,000 diapers to three diaper banks in the retailer’s five-state footprint: • Detroit Bank
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• The Diaper Alliance in Midland, Mich. • Bundle of Joy Diaper Bank in Chicago, Ill. The program will encompass all pack sizes of Huggies diapers, and will run through Jan. 4.
“We are honored to partner with Meijer to support families in need,” said Aric Melzl, brand director for Huggies. “Diapers are a basic need for all babies and many parents are often forced to cut back on basic necessities such as food or utilities in order to provide diapers for their children. As the holidays are often a time when you think about others, this is an easy way to get involved and help give back.” “Meijer is renowned for its loyalty to the families and communities it serves,” said Joanne Goldblum, National Diaper Bank Network executive director and founder. “The partnership with Huggies further elevates awareness of diaper need as a serious, yet often hidden, consequence of poverty. The dollars generated will help keep more babies clean, dry and healthy. ”
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