· Tee Off for
a Friend Golf Classic & Dinner, August 23, 2007
2006
Photo Album
Make a Difference
Day, October 27, 2007
On this day of caring our volunteers assist senior citizens in Plymouth
and Canton with light yard work and household chores. Residents at four
of the Community Opportunity Center group homes in Livonia also have
grounds maintenance taken care of by our volunteers.
Over 200 people were with us to lend a hand last year. Groups included Girl Scouts & Boy
Scouts, Kiwanis Breakfast Club, YMCA Youth Volunteer Corps, First United Methodist
Church, Canton Friendship Church, Plymouth Mom’s Club and other individuals
from our community. Businesses represented were United Parcel Service, Johnson
Controls, Community Financial Credit Union, FedEx, Wade Trim, Bennigan’s,
Einstein Brothers Bagels, Panera Bread, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Edible Arrangements.
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Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center’s Turkey Collection, November date TBD
The die hard golfers were looking for one more reason to get out on the course and they found it on November 18th. Fox Hills Golf and Banquet Center hosted their annual “Free Golf for a Turkey” event.
The event ensured that Thanksgiving turkeys would be provided to needy families in the Plymouth/Canton area and residents at Community Opportunity Center group homes. A huge thank you goes out to Sandy Mily and her staff for planning the event and to James Baier and United Parcel Service employees for transporting the birds to the local food pantry and C.O.C.
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Plymouth Whaler’s
Food Drive, November date TBD
Plymouth Whaler fans always come to the aid of the local food pantry
in November. Fans receive vouchers for discounted tickets to a future
Whalers home game for the food items they donate. The 2006 event was
our most successful food drive with the team to date. The Whalers did
their part to make it an enjoyable evening by shutting out the Owen Sound
Attack 4 – 0. Goalie Jeremy Smith stopped 42 shots for the victory.
Thank you fans and volunteers for a successful 2006 food drive.
Plymouth Whaler’s Teddy Bear Toss, December date TBD
The sixth annual Plymouth Whalers / Plymouth Community United Way Teddy Bear Toss will be held in December. At the 2006 game our Whalers hosted the Barrie Colts. Fans were encouraged to bring a stuffed animal to toss on the ice when the Whalers scored their first goal. We collected 568 stuffed animals that were donated to United Way children’s charities.
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For information
on any of these events contact:
Plymouth Community United Way
Special Events Chair, Jerry Trumpka at:
(734) 453-6879 or email
at: jerrytrumpka@ameritech.net
Please direct questions
about Plymouth Community United Way
to: (734) 453-6879 or email
at: plymouthunitedway@ameritech.net
