Thank you to all the donors, volunteers and nonprofits of the Lenawee Cares campaign. Your hard work, generosity and humanity continue to shine within our community and impact tangible change. Our community is better off because of you!
Lenawee Cares facilitates workplace giving campaigns to raise more than $440,000 for local nonprofits through direct donations and grants within our community. Over the past twelve months, employers in Lenawee County have partnered with Lenawee Cares to make their own donations and encourage their employees to pledge. Individual donors, including members of the Pillar Club, have also made major contributions to this campaign.
Thanks to the support of every generous community member who has pledged donations, grants are being made to more than 35 local nonprofits, with 85 organizations receiving awards. This funding will be used for programs that focus on basic needs fulfillment, adult literacy, domestic violence support, needs, adults with special needs, and family support programs.
Grants were awarded to:
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Adrian Community Kindergarten.
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Associated Charities of Lenawee County.
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Blissfield Area Ministerial Association.
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Boys and Girls Club of Lenawee.
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Catherine Cobb Safe House.
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Catholic Charities of Jackson, Lenawee, Hillsdale.
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Childcare Network.
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City of Refuge Ministries International.
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Clinton Township Public Library.
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Clinton United Church of Christ.
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Community Action Agency.
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The Daily Bread.
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God’s Helping Hands – Tipton.
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Goodwill Industries of Southeast Michigan.
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Habitat of Humanity of Lenawee.
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HOPE Community Center.
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Hospice of Lenawee.
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Housing assistance from Lenawee.
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Hudson First United Methodist.
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Hudson Wesleyan Church.
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I92 Ministries.
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Legal Services of South Central Michigan.
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Lenawee County Mission/Neighbors of Hope.
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Public transport in Lenawee.
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Morenci Kiwanis.
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New song WeCare.
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Adrian Morning’s Rotary Club.
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Salvation Army.
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Share the warmth.
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Association of St. Vincent South Michigan Food Bank.
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Tecumseh Fresh Food Initiative.
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Tecumseh Service Club.
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Frank & Shirley Dick Family YMCA.
The local nonprofits within our community are highly skilled and committed to providing assistance and cultivating change within the populations they serve. Donating through a Lenawee Cares campaign is an efficient and effective way to directly support these organizations so they can quickly provide support to those most in need within our community.
100% of these dollars stay within Lenawee County. 10% of funds raised will be placed in an endowment available for future community emergency needs. Management of the Lenawee Cares campaign is provided by a dedicated Lenawee Cares Advisory Board, made up of more than twenty local volunteers and resources from the Lenawee Community Foundation.
We encourage all Lenawee companies and individuals to consider pledging money or running a workplace campaign during our 2024-25 campaign, launching later this summer. Contact the Lenawee Cares Advisory Board or the Lenawee Community Foundation for more information about donating, hosting a workplace campaign or serving on the advisory board. Lenawee Cares can be reached at 517-263-4696.
Sarah Bayles is an Adrian resident and account executive at Kapnick Insurance Group. Sarah also volunteers in the community, including serving on the Lenawee Cares Advisory Board, a program of the Lenawee Community Foundation. To reach Sarah or the foundation, please contact us at ForLenawee@lenaweecf.com.
This article originally appeared in The Daily Telegram: Lenawee Community Foundation: Lenawee Cares campaign a success
