Three Oaks Apartment Community Hosts "Give A Hand For the Holidays" Food and Fund Drive

Paragon Properties is coordinating a food and fund donation drive for Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan at its 19 apartment communities throughout Michigan as part of the organization’s “Give a Hand for the Holidays” campaign. This is the second consecutive year the property management company will participate in this collaborative community collection effort.

Gleaners Community Food Bank is hoping to provide 1,000,000 meals to hungry neighbors now through December 31, 2013. Paragon Properties is asking its residents and community neighbors to join the fight against hunger and participate in the “Give a Hand for the Holidays” collection effort by giving $5 or 5 lbs. of food. Donation items are now being accepted at the company’s Leasing Offices/Clubhouses through December 31, 2013.

Requested canned and dry good foods include tuna fish, canned meat, beef stew, meat soups, canned spaghetti or pasta, dry or canned beans (kidney, pinto, green, yellow, refried or black beans), fruits, baby food or formula, ensure or other nutritional supplement drinks, rice, noodles, macaroni, powdered milk, pancake or baking mixes, cereal/oatmeal (including single serving size), granola bars, peanut butter (in plastic jars), jelly (in plastic jars). Personal care items such as diapers, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo and disposable razors are also being collected. Please no glass items, opened containers, homemade food or expired products.

Food and fund drives are an important source of free food for our hungry neighbors. Each dollar raised provides three meals due to Gleaners bulk purchasing and efficient distribution network. To make a financial contribution and help give families in our community a happy and healthy holiday season, please visit www.paragonapartments.com/events for information on how to donate online. All financial contributions made to Gleaners through Paragon Properties fundraising page will be matched by the company.

An increasing number of Michigan families are facing hunger as a result of job loss, foreclosure, or wage reduction. One in five people in Michigan struggle with hunger, and over 700,000 people are missing meals each week. 40 percent of those seeking assistance are children. Meals provided by “Give a Hand for the Holidays” will be distributed to hungry families through Gleaners Community Food Bank’s 550 partner agencies in 5 counties, including schools, shelters, food pantries, soup kitchens and church based programs.

Paragon Properties’ Troy community accepting donations is Three Oaks, located at 4154 Three Oaks Boulevard, in Troy, MI. For more information, call 248.237.4769.

Bingham Farms-based, PARAGON PROPERTIES is a privately owned company currently operating 21 communities with over 6,800 apartment units and an historic office building throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Offering residents “Lifestyles for Everyday Living,” PARAGON PROPERTIES’ communities feature spacious floorplans at affordable prices with many modern conveniences such as online rent payments, online utility connections and online maintenance requests in addition to custom upgrades, fitness centers, free WiFi clubhouses, and resident social functions. For more information, visit paragonapartments.com or call 248.646.9600.