letting our light shine

I know the new year is all about making resolutions for the future, but I like to take this time to look back.  I’ve never been a big resolution or goal gal, but one thing I strive to do is live with intention.  In recent years, I’ve looked for ways catching fireflies could make days brighter for those outside of our store doors and with your help we really shined in 2012.

 

1,100 handmade Valentine cards were delivered to kids who had to spend February 14th at DMC.

Over $1,200 of our Rochester & Berkley birthday sales went to The Pink Fund & Cass Community… two great non-profits who are making tangible differences in our city.

Loads of school supplies helped local kids in need get a smart start to the school year!

For our holiday open house, we collected many pounds of food for families in Oakland County who need a little help filling their pantry.

 

Gus could hardly believe his ears when we piled up all the donations to Detroit Dog Rescue!  Plus we also gave DDR a $1000 check since we gained 1000 facebook fans during Adopt a Shelter Dog Month.

During the holidays we wrapped oodles of packages for our firefly fans and were able to collect over $1,100 in tips for the THAW fund.

In the spring we started selling these handmade mudlove bracelets and donated $4 from every one to charitywater.org.   I’m thrilled to say we’ve given over $1500 to them which means 75 more people have been blessed with clean water this year!

Thanks again for partnering with us in these great projects.  We look forward to adding new non-profits to this list in 2013!