Category Archives: giving back

sweet tree for sale

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sweet tree for sale
I was honored to be asked to participate in Friends of the RHPL Festival of the Trees this season.  So I baked up a sweet tree full of 14 scrumptious looking ornaments, 10 gourmet lollipops, candy button garland, gumball lights and a candy cane yard stake to top it all off. I think this fun morsel would be adorable in a kitchen. It’ll be on display with 15 other themed trees at the Rochester .
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humane society mega march 2007

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humane society mega march 2007
Meet team catching fireflies… Steve, April, Danielle, Sara, Judy, Courtney, Angela, Chrisina and Melissa. With the help of your generous donations we raised over $1300 for the Michigan Humane Society at the Mega March in downtown Detroit on October 7th 2007.  Thank you so much for your support.  We had lots of fun struttin’ doggies around town and would like to share some fun photos we took throughout the day. It was a super .
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giving does a body good

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giving does a body good
Catching fireflies happily gives back to the community by donating numerous $120 value gift card books to various charities and local schools throughout the year. We are proud to support these outstanding organizations: Queen for a Day is a national charity whose mission is to raise the self-esteem and self-confidence of young ladies, ages 3-21 with cancer. We do this through personal visits and Tea Parties where we give makeovers, manicures and lots of .
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what kind of world do you want?

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what kind of world do you want?
John Ondrasik from Five for Fighting asked that question in a song not too long ago and soon after a website by the same name was born. At whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com, people of all ages sent in videos answering that question and they’ve posted the top entries for you to view.  Just by watching the videos, a small amount of money from the sponsor goes to select charities. A quote from the site states, "We are .
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‘any soldier’ letter

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‘any soldier’ letter
Steve & I just received the best possible Valentine’s present from Tyler Atkinson in the mail.  Recently I featured a charity website called anysoldier.com where you can send troops serving over seas care packages. We had no expectations of receiving anything back after sending off some goodies so it really warmed our hearts to find this very thoughtful hand written letter in our mail box recently. We can’t wait to send out another one… .
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anysoldier.com

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anysoldier.com
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" -Gandhi.  What better resolution to have all year long? One easy way to show those who are serving our country that you really care is by sending them a package full of goodies. Anysoldier.com makes it super simple to get started.  Just select a soldier from the listed postings.  Steve & I picked Tyler Atkinson because he requested guitar picks and strings, dvds, snacks .
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help build a better humane society

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help build a better humane society
As you might suspect, I’m not the easiest person to buy a gift for… but Danielle, the Berkley store manager, warmed my heart when she surprised me with a ‘catching fireflies’ brick donated to the new Berman Center for Animal Care.  I’m excited that catching fireflies has played a small part in helping needy animals find loving homes.  Thank you Danielle!

kiva – loans that change lives

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kiva – loans that change lives
Steve & I love being entrepreneurs.  Even though we work way more than 40 hours a week, it’s very exciting and gratifying to watch our business change and grow. So when I read about this great organization called Kiva in our Entrepreneur Magazine I was excited to see how I could help entrepreneurs in other countries grow their business. This is how it works: Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique .
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arts & scraps inspires creativity

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arts & scraps inspires creativity
When I attended Eastern Michigan for my special education degree, I used a wonderful resource called The Scrap Box for a lot of my school projects and lessons. I also picked up a number of unique goodies from there for my then blossoming recycled paper business called April’s Ideas (now a.i. paper design) Now that our studio is based closer to Detroit, I’m happy to say we regularly donate all kinds of art goods .
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humane society mega march 2006

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humane society mega march 2006
Meet team catching fireflies… Steve, April, Danielle. Loribeth, Angela and of course Samson. With the help of your generous donations we raised $750 for the Michigan Humane Society at the Mega March in downtown Detroit on October 8th 2006.  Thank you so much for your support.  We had lots of fun struttin’ Samson around town and would like to share some fun photos we took throughout the day.   Samson is ready to get .
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