Coming Up SUNDAY June 9 : GRILLIN’ for Food Gatherers!
We’re all really looking forward to the annual Food Gatherers’ GRILLIN’ Fiesta Sunday June 9, featuring live music, delicious sausages, and a plethora of delightful diversions. It’s one of our favorite springtime events!
PLUS, as they say, “pr
oceeds from Grillin’ enable Food Gatherers to distribute more than 5.75 million pounds of food annually to 150 non-profit programs serving people in need in Washtenaw County.”
It’s win-win, + BBQ.
Metro Delivery is honored to be officially noted by Food Gatherers as a MIGHTY CARROT PATRON this year for our continued support.
We’re lucky to be in a region where we have such a great local organization to support- just LOOK at their rating on Charity Navigator!
Get your Tickets! See you there!
Metro Delivery Will Take Your Food and Toys
…and we’ll give the food to Food Gatherers and the Toys to Toys for Tots!
We donate our delivery services and do a Holiday company donation drive for both excellent organizations, and we’ll see that they get any toys or food you want to hand off to our Couriers, whenever you see them, during the holiday season!
Toys for Tots wants new, unwrapped but packaged toys-
Food gatherers offers the following List of most requested items:
• Tuna Fish or other canned fish or meat
• Beef Stew, Meat Soups
• Hearty Soups
• Canned Spaghetti or Pasta
• Chili
• Beans (kidney, pinto, green, yellow, refried or black beans)
• Baby Food or Formula
• Ensure or other nutritional supplement drinks
• Rice
• Dry Beans
• Noodles, Macaroni
• Powdered Milk
• Pancake or Baking Mixes
• Cereal/Oatmeal
• Granola Bars
• Peanut Butter
• Jelly (in plastic jars)
We also collect (unopened)
Personal Care Items:
• Diapers
• Toothpaste
• Toothbrushes
• Soap
• Shampoo
• Disposable Razors
**Food Gatherers does not accept opened containers and expired products, and asks that you avoid items in glass as they sometimes break in transit. Thank You!
Metro Delivery Wins Commander’s Award from Toys for Tots
2010 marks our third year carrying thousands of toys from donation centers to Santa’s Workshop, for distribution to children in need.
Our thanks to the Marine Corps and Toys for Tots for providing us with another opportunity to do good in our community!
Ann Arbor Company Helps Employee Help Dogs
Rescued dogs were gifted with new wheels October 4 when Metro Delivery of Ann Arbor presented the keys to a refurbished cargo van to Detroit’s Home Furever – the first donation based on contributing to its employees charitable interests.
It all started with Driver Bill Peterson of Royal Oak, a longtime volunteer with Home Furever, whose dog rescue services include transport to foster homes, veterinary visits and adoption clinics. “Our old van was a wreck. You could see through the floor boards,” Peterson said. “So I asked about getting a company van donated.”
Appropriately, it was Peterson who handed over the van keys to Marilyn McKiddie, founder and director of Home Furever, during an adoption clinic at Petco, Troy attended by about 25 available dogs plus human representatives from Metro Delivery.
Peterson’s efforts did more than upgrade transportation for abused and abandoned dogs. At Metro Delivery, it also led to a new policy for charitable donations.
“Supporting what our employees believe in just seemed like a great way to keep them involved,” said Sarah Talbot, founder and president. “We’ve got 60 employees and we’d like to see all of them contributing to their communities.”
Home Furever conducts weekly adoption clinics, most frequently at Petco, 1217 Coolidge Highway, Troy. For dates, times, sites and dog photos/descriptions, go to homefurver@comcast.net
