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Candy to Quarters for Grace Centers of Hope

Here's a creative way to turn leftover Halloween candy into cash for a good cause.

Please consider putting out this flyer at your coffee station to raise money from leftover Halloween candy. Add a cup for donations and a box for holding the candy people bring in. Last year we did this at two coffee stations and raised quite a bit of money.

Click here and print out the flyer:

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It would be great to multiply our efforts by getting volunteers from other companies! It just takes someone to monitor the money cup daily and remove the box and cup when there is no more activity. Then mail a check to Grace Centers. Thanks for your consideration.

Here is a previous article about Grace Centers, which recently turned a downtown night club back into a church.

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Turning Pontiac Around

Grace Centers of Hope is really turning Pontiac around, one street at a time. This successful non-profit organization now owns about 80 houses in town which they rent to graduates of their programs, while taking people from homelessness to home ownership.

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In September 2013, Pastor Clark told stories of how donors had pitched in – one fundraiser sought a million quarters from people in metro Detroit to purchase their present church building for $250,000. With the church now moved downtown from its present location at Perry and Woodward, the building will be converted to a women and children’s center.

That’s where we got the idea for the Candy to Quarters fundraiser... Won’t you help them raise funds for the renovation by sharing your leftover Halloween candy?

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