Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Grosse Pointe Park Dad part of air force unit that will be away for holidays and Defer Elementary prepared care packages for him and his fellow soldiers.
Some boxed-up comfort for military men and women is headed to Afghanistan from students, parents and teachers at Defer Elementary in Grosse Pointe Park. Besides the donations and volunteer hours put in by the Defer community, Grosse Pointers who made donations, purchased discounted coffee and showed up for special contribution days at Caribou Coffee last month also made possible the shipment of five boxes of coffee, jerky and hard candy for the 107th Red Devils Fighter Squadron. About 300 members of the Selfridge Air National Guard based unit deployed last month and will return in January. Defer Dad Jason Davis, a fighter pilot, went with them, leaving behind his wife and daughters, their first Christmas apart. Defer teacher Molly Collins …
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Grosse Pointe Park school gets help this weekend from Caribou and customers whose purchases help pay for shipping and contents of care packages.
Defer Elementary School is showing support to a local dad and 300 Michigan-based members of his air force squadron by organizing a care package collection. The effort to show some hometown love and support to the 107th Red Devils Fighter Squadron has spread beyond the school and into the community with Caribou Coffee in the Village getting involved and parents and students offering their time and money to help. They're asking others to help too--by stopping in at Caribou today of Friday or by making a monetary donation at the school through next week. Jason Davis, who pilots an A-10 Warthog and is dad to Defer fourth- and second- graders, Blaire and Brooke, and husband to Amanda, will be away with his squadron through January--the family's…
Friday, October 21, 2011
The coffee shop is donating 10 percent of its profits to Defer's student council, who is holding a fundraiser to send coffee, hard candy and other supplies to overseas soldiers.
In Grosse Pointe, Caribou Coffee provides a not-so-typical illustration of a national company that puts community nearly on par with profits. In the Village, Caribou is thought of as a comfortable gathering spot, often the location of choice for committee meetings and regularly offers up a percentage of its proceeds to local schools. When store manager Vicky Valente received a call from Defer Elementary teacher Molly Collins, she couldn’t resist the temptation to help and even add to the idea. A well-known national coffee company, Caribou has more than 500 locations but allows store managers to make decisions about community involvement. For larger commitments, a regional manager makes the request to the corporate office. “We are a people-…
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Audrey
11:33 am on Sunday, October 23, 2011
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