{"id":4118,"date":"2013-01-08T07:04:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T00:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=4118"},"modified":"2013-02-05T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:49:09","slug":"letting-our-light-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/letting-our-light-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"letting our light shine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know the new year is all about making resolutions for the future, but I like to take this time to look back.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never been a big resolution or goal gal, but one thing I strive to do is live with intention.\u00a0 In recent years, I&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/volumes-of-valentines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4119\" alt=\"handmade valentine cards\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/valentines.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/valentines.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/valentines-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/volumes-of-valentines\/\">1,100 handmade Valentine cards<\/a> were delivered to kids who had to spend February 14th at DMC.<\/p>\n<p>Over $1,200 of our Rochester &amp; Berkley birthday sales went to The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepinkfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pink Fund<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/casscommunity3.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cass Community<\/a>&#8230; two great non-profits who are making tangible differences in our city.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4120\" alt=\"school supply drive\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/912-school-supply-drive.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/912-school-supply-drive.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/912-school-supply-drive-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/operationkidequip.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Loads of school supplies<\/a> helped local kids in need get a smart start to the school year!<\/p>\n<p>For our holiday open house, we collected many pounds of food for families in Oakland County who need a little help <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openhandspantry.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">filling their pantry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitdogrescue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4121\" alt=\"ddr drive\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ddr.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ddr.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ddr-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gus could hardly believe his <em>ears<\/em> when we piled up all the donations to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitdogrescue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Dog Rescue<\/a>!\u00a0 Plus we also gave DDR a $1000 check since we gained 1000 facebook fans during Adopt a Shelter Dog Month.<\/p>\n<p>During the holidays we wrapped oodles of packages for our firefly fans and were able to collect over $1,100 in tips for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thawfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">THAW fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/mudlove-bracelets-make-a-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4122\" alt=\"mudlove and charity water\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mudlove-and-charity-water.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"791\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mudlove-and-charity-water.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mudlove-and-charity-water-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the spring we started selling these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/mudlove-bracelets-make-a-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\">handmade mudlove bracelets<\/a> and donated $4 from every one to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">charitywater.org<\/a>. \u00a0 I&#8217;m thrilled to say we&#8217;ve given over $1500 to them which means 75 more people have been blessed with clean water this year!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for partnering with us in these great projects.\u00a0 We look forward to adding new non-profits to this list in 2013!<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/letting-our-light-shine\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/letting-our-light-shine\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know the new year is all about making resolutions for the future, but I like to take this time to look back.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never been a big resolution or goal gal, but one thing I strive to do is live with intention.\u00a0 In recent years, I&#8217;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. &nbsp; 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