{"id":204,"date":"2010-05-11T18:20:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T18:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=204"},"modified":"2010-05-11T18:20:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T18:20:20","slug":"cass-community-recycled-mud-mats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/cass-community-recycled-mud-mats\/","title":{"rendered":"cass community recycled mud mats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had the opportunity through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardgrove.org\/?\" target=\"_blank\">my church<\/a> to help prepare &amp; serve lunch at <a href=\"http:\/\/casscommunity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cass Community Social Services<\/a> in Detroit.&#0160; This is the first time I visited this organization and was incredibly impressed with what they&#39;re doing to shine a light in our city.&#0160; <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133ed8038d1970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cass community ed\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20133ed8038d1970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20133ed8038d1970b-800wi\" title=\"Cass community ed\" \/><\/a> <br \/>Meet Ed, one of the guys making a big difference.&#0160; He oversees one of Cass&#39; <a href=\"http:\/\/casscommunity.org\/Green_Industries\" target=\"_blank\">green industries<\/a>.&#0160; They collect illegally dumped tires off of vacant lots in Detroit and convert them into <strong><strong>mud mats<\/strong>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The workers in the program are formerly homeless men. And as of January 2010, they have swept<br \/>\nup over 8,000 tires (at no cost to the City) and sold over 3,500 mats!<\/p>\n<p>We hope to contribute to that growing number by offering these fantastic mats at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/pages\/locations-%26-hours.html\" target=\"_blank\">catching fireflies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e2013480b80817970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cass community\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e2013480b80817970c \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e2013480b80817970c-800wi\" title=\"Cass community\" \/><\/a> <br \/> <\/span><br \/>Currently our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/pages\/locations-%26-hours.html\" target=\"_blank\">Berkley &amp; Rocheste<\/a>r locations are offering 18&#215;24 and 20&#215;30 sized mats priced at $25 and $30 each with <strong>100% of the profits going back to Cass Community<\/strong>.&#0160; If you don&#39;t live near by, you can also order them directly from Cass <a href=\"http:\/\/casscommunity.org\/store\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These mats are perfectly placed at back doors for scraping extra muddy shoes before they make their way into your home.&#0160; Very durable, highly functional and helping make the city of Detroit better one mat at time&#8230;. 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