How Will You Give This Christmas?

Leave a comment below to let us know what charity you plan to help this holiday season.

How Will You Give This Christmas?

Leave a comment below to let us know what charity you plan to help this holiday season.

Christmas is the season of giving, and Patch wants to know what charity or group you are giving to this year. The American Red Cross released a poll in November in which most Americans said that they will continue to donate to charity this holiday season. In fact, most people said that their giving to political causes and Hurricane Sandy relief efforts will not reduce their year-end gifts to charity. The Red Cross poll also said that friends play a large role in charitable giving. Half of all donors (51 percent) said they would donate if a friend talked to them personally about a charity. So now Patch is asking you: What charities do you plan to help this Christmas? Will you donate to the Salvation Army or Toys for Tots? Will you volunteer…

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Pete Waldmeir, GP Woods

5:15 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012

My favorite for the last 35 years has been the Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund of Detroit, a 98-year old 501(C)(3) charity that this year hopes to raise $1.2 million to provide 32,000 Christmas packages stuffed with warm clothing, hats, gloves, toys, dolls, books, candy and a host of other gifts for kids aged 5-13 in Detroit, Harper Woods, Highland Park and River Rouge. Send tax deductible checks to…   more ›

10 Metro Detroit Charities Compete in Suburban Collection $40K Giveaway

Vote daily for your favorite charity in The Great Charity Giveaway from now through 5 p.m. Friday.

Ten Detroit-area charities are competing for $40,000 this week in The Great Charity Giveaway sponsored by The Suburban Collection. Established last year by the Troy-based automotive retail group, the winners of this year’s annual competition will be determined by visitors to The Suburban Collection’s website, www.SuburbanCollection.com, or their Facebook page.  In voting earlier this month, 10 charities were selected as finalists from 76 organizations nominated by local supporters. The 10 finalists are: “Our area is blessed to have so many groups who provide vital services to the citizens of Southeastern Michigan,” said David T. Fischer, chairman and CEO of The Suburban Collection.  “Supporting local, regional and national organizations …

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Rotary Club of Wyandotte Will Match Donations to Ensure Needy Children Have a Winter Coat This Year

Ten dollar donations are being doubled to provide winter warmth to about 70 Wyandotte students.

Members of the Rotary Club of Wyandotte have partnered with the online coupon giant, Groupon, to help provide winter coats to children in need this year. For every $10 donation, the Rotary Club will match it with another $10 to provide the $20 it costs to purchase a warm coat for a needy child. The promotion runs through Thursday and is in conjunction with Rotary Clubs from Gibraltar, Grosse Ile, Taylor, Trenton and Woodhaven/Brownstown Township. Donations of up to $7,000 will be matched by the six clubs. In 2008, more than 145,000 children in Wayne County lived in poverty, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of all children in the county, according to Rotary officials. Since that time, officials said, poverty has grown substantially. The…

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