Check out the posts on Mr Friendly’s Facebook page.

Comments there –  ”it fosters stigma and encourages lies” and “The highest rates of new infections are not coming from people who know they’re HIV+. They are coming from people who assume their status is negative” and more!!  Check it out – and be sure to “like” Mr Friendly at Facebook too!

http://www.facebook.com/cowboydh#!/pages/Mr-Friendly/89246198666

Whirlpool Angels who made pick-up day a cinch: Michelle Bowie, Milissa Gomez and Mary Beth Waning. Photo by Matthew Bradley.

Once again, Whirlpool employees have generously donated time, talent, funds and gifts to brighten the holidays for 33 CARES  clients and their families.  62 children will be receiving gifts in 2010.

Mary Beth Waning coordinated the event at Whirlpool this year, with the Whirlpool PRIDE Network and the Whirlpool Young Professional Network. 

Fundraising began with Blue Jean Fridays in September, when Whirlpool employees donated one dollar to wear jeans to work on Fridays.  This effort, sponsored by the Whirlpool PRIDE Network, raised $1,624 for the Angel Tree program.  During the first week  of December, the Whirlpool Young Professional Network held a bake sale which raised another $1,200.

In November, each Benton Harbor/St. Joseph-area Whirlpool facility put up holiday trees with anonymous Angel ornaments for each child participating in the program.  The ornaments listed the gender and age of each child, as well as any wished-for or needed items.  Employees were able to choose an ornament and shop for that child. 

The bitter cold and swirling snows of Monday, December 13th found members of both the Kalamazoo and Benton Harbor CARES staff working alongside Whirlpool’s Michelle Bowie, Milissa Gomez and Mary Beth Waning to get the gifts loaded and ready for distribution.

Our staff is especially grateful for Whirlpool’s continuing support of our clients and our mission.  Please check out our website, www.caresswm.org in the coming days to see stories in our blogging section, sharing how the Angel Tree program touches the lives of some of the families we serve.

Happy Holidays!

Come meet WKZO radio personality Lori Moore and (for a donation of $5) get a signed copy of  her “Potluck Pals” holiday cookbook .  100% of the sales from this event are donated to CARES!

Up to $3600 raised at this event will be matched by the Kalamazoo Community Foundation! 

I’m also going to buy holiday gifts for my furry friends…

Thursday Dec 9th from 4-6pm

Mattawan Pet Supplies Store