Featured Image: Santa, The Grinch, and party-goers posing for a picture at Bryant's holiday celebration hosted by Techstreet! | A Busy Month and Exciting News! | |
As we begin the new year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on all that we accomplished together last month. Our dedicated team was able to make a significant impact in our community, thanks to the support of donors and partners like you! We are so grateful for your continued support and are excited to work together to make an even bigger difference in the year ahead. | |
CAN's $100,000 Match Results Are In! | |
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In the beginning of October, we set out with a goal to raise $100,000 that would be matched by a generous donor. Just before the holidays, we met our goal! Your incredible generosity inspired us to set a new goal of reaching $150,000 by the end of the year. And well..
WE DID IT!
Together we were able to raise over $170,000 and will be able to make such a big impact in 2023!
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Hi everyone, my name is Keegan Carriveau and I am the new Director of CAN Art and Design!
I graduated from University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in April of 2022 and have been working with CAN as a Program Assistant since 2021. I am a huge animal lover, film enthusiast, and reality television aficionado. I'm incredibly excited to get to make art with all of our wonderful program participants!
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Over 1,100 Gifts Distributed! | |
We wrapped up 2022 with a very successful Holiday Gift Drive that ensured close to 300 children had special presents to open up this season! Each wishlist filled out by our families was carefully checked over by our staff and paired up with an excited sponsor. Sponsors delivered the gifts to us with care and each set received wrapping paper, tape, bows, and more. The packages were then delivered to families ready to be incorporated into their own holiday traditions! This season was a true team effort and an indication of the amazing community we have here in Washtenaw County! | |
Spreading Holiday Cheer!
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CAN's 2022 holiday season was one for the books! We hosted 6 holiday parties, which is the most ever! Each community came together and celebrated the season with delicious food, gifts, and activities like cookie decorating, crafts, hot chocolate bars, photo ops, and more! | |
A Special Thanks to Techstreet! | |
We are so grateful for our friends over at Techstreet who not only sponsored our holiday party at Bryant Community Center, but also thoughtfully put together fun activities, dressed up the center in beautiful decorations, and hosted the entire event. Families had a blast getting pictures with Santa, The Grinch (and his puppy), and elves! Activities included a hot chocolate and donut station, ornament making, and cookie decorating. Everyone had such a blast and the kids were absolutely amazed with the holiday magic Techstreet was able to create! In addition to hosting the party, Techstreet also sponsored 50 Bryant students in our Holiday Gift Drive! They sure helped us make this season special for our Bryant community! | |
More Spectacular Partnerships! | |
CAN and Common Cycle are teaming up to provide no-cost bicycles to Bryant neighborhood residents as well as the resources and education to maintain and use those bikes! Check out more about our partnership below! | |
If you are interested in a no-cost bicycle or would like more information, please fill out the survey by clicking the button below! | |
Kids In Science created 1000 science experiment kits for every single one of our educational program participants! The kids couldn't wait to go home and try out their DIY lava lamp! Thank you Kids In Science! | |  |
Ann Arbor Social Capital Fund | Thank you, AASCF, for putting together 30 "break bags" for our families to ensure they had meals to eat while the kids are out of school! | |
Church of The Good Shepherd | Our kids at Hikone each received gifts of hats, gloves, and books to stay warm (and busy reading) this winter! Thank you Church of The Good Shepherd! | | |
Thank you so much to First Baptist Church for supplying our community members with household cleaning supplies, hygiene products, food, and more! It was a much appreciate and vital addition to the holiday gifts for so many! | |
Thank you so much to those who donated your time, ideas, resources, or items to CAN this season! We are so grateful to each and every one of you and truly could not accomplish this work without you! | |
Bryant's Holiday Pop-up Shop - A Success!
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Bryant's very first Holiday Pop-up Shop was a huge success! Community members set up beautiful displays of their products for sale and shoppers explored unique items right in time for the holidays! The event was such a success, we plan to host one again next year and make it an annual occurrence! | |
From all of us at CAN, Happy New Year! | |
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Mail a donation to:
PO Box 130076
Ann Arbor, MI 48113
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Do you shop at Kroger?
Do you have a Kroger Plus card?
Take advantage of their Community Rewards program and donate to CAN when you use your Kroger Plus Card! Just login to your Kroger account, under "account summary", scroll down to Community Rewards. Then search for CAN by typing in our
organization number:
SJ915
Once CAN is enrolled, Kroger will donate to Community Action Network every time you use your
Kroger Plus card!
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Buying gift cards this season?
Consider purchasing through www.raiseright.com
A percentage (2%-20%) of each purchase
goes to CAN with our code:
B7JKTSJ298XC
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Doing some holiday shopping on Amazon?
smile.amazon.com/ch/38-2792610
Use this link and Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase directly to CAN!
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Community Action Network partners with children, youth, and families from under-resourced Washtenaw County neighborhoods to create better futures for themselves and improve the communities in which they live. | | | | |
