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deadline is March 31. Information is at www.lafcu. 900 years. The numbers added up to something CASE Credit Union is pleased to announce a
com/lafcumyway where entries can also be uploaded. special for Elle’s parents. check was presented for $5,125 to its fourth-quarter
charity partner, Helping Hands Respite Care.
To invest in much needed capital improvements, HHRC is a nonprofit organization that supports
the Lansing Housing Commission announced families through professional, compassionate and
plans to use Low Income Housing Tax Credits for person-centered care giving. CASE employees
improvements at two of its city properties. The use raised $5,125 for HHRC by hosting special events
of credits to access capital is made possible through and activities, including “Dress Down for Charity”
the newly created Rental Assistance Demonstration days, partnering with AmazonSmile, contests and
by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban more.
Development. The Lansing Housing Commission
selected South Washington Park and Mount A highly visible gateway property located on
Vernon Park as the first two sites for the tax credits. the newly established Saginaw Street corridor
improvement authority, is moving closer toward
It’s not always easy to At the LAFCU Giving Committee/Ele’s Place-Capital Region check presentation redevelopment. The proposed Michigan Realtors®
remember someone’s birth- are, from left, Dawn Haddad and Cindy Kangas, Ele’s Place; Teri and Amanda Headquarters redevelopment includes demolition
Seger, LAFCU; and Kristine Kuhnert, Ele’s Place. LAFCU and its employees
day, but it’s safe to say that donated $6,322.50 to support Ele’s Place. of the existing functionally obsolete property
Elle Dingey won’t have that located at 700 N. Washington Ave. and an adjacent
problem as she grows up. After a year of internal fundraising, LAFCU’s building in similar condition at 720 N. Washington
Elle was welcomed to the Giving Committee recently presented $21,568 in Ave. The Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment
world by her parents, Sarah donations to three lucky charities: Capital Area Authority voted to support the brownfield
and Josh, at McLaren United Way ($8,923), Ele’s Place-Capital Region plan during its Feb. 7meeting. The proposed
Greater Lansing on Feb. 2 ($6,322.50) and The House of Promise ($6,322.50). $9.2 million project includes a new three-story,
or 02/02/2020. The number LAFCU’s Giving Committee organized dress 19,443-squarefoot commercial office building with
is palindrome, which means down days, auctions and other events for LAFCU a roof deck and 72 paved parking spaces designed
it reads the same backward and forward — just like employees to raise funds for benefiting Greater to accommodate the operations of the Michigan
the name, Elle. 02/02/2020 isn’t just an interesting Lansing and Shiawassee County charities. To Realtors® headquarters. n
number, it’s also incredibly rare. In fact, a full eight- support employee efforts, the credit union
digit palindrome date hasn’t happened in more than contributed $5,000.

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