A Little Dough Raises a Lot of Money; Illinois Students Sell Cookie Dough to Help Firefighters' Families; Savory Foods Donates $25K to NY Firefighters Fund.Business Editors HOMEWOOD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2001 Recently, several hundred Illinois students helped raise $25,000 for families of fallen NY Firefighters and EMTs through the sale of hundreds of tubs of fresh cookie dough Cookie dough refers to a blend of cookie ingredients which has been mixed into a solid yet malleable form but has not yet been hardened by heat. The dough is often then separated and the portions baked to individual cookies, or eaten as is. . Following the 9-11 WTC WTC World Trade Center, see there attack, Savory Foods, one of the country's leading suppliers of fresh cookie dough for fundraising, pledged a portion of the company's profits to the NY Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund. The 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund is the official fund of the International Association of Fire Fighters The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is a labor union representing professional fire fighters in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada. (IAFF IAFF International Association of Fire Fighters IAFF Irish Amateur Fencing Federation IAFF Indo-American Friendship Foundation IAFF International Animated Film Festival IAFF International Amputee Football Federation IAFF Impairment-Aware First-Fit ). "I think it was important for many students, who watched this tragic event play out on the nightly news Nightly News may refer to
The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "After the terrorist attack, we decided the best way we could help was to pledge a portion of our profits to the NY fire fighters families. We asked all of the groups and organizations planning to sell Savory cookie dough if they wanted to participate in a donation program. We were overwhelmed by the positive response," added Toth. Savory pledged a dime for the first quarter million tubs of cookie dough sold by participating organizations, which included schools and non-profits in four mid-western states. In addition, the schools generated funds for school projects through the cookie dough sales. Later today, Savory officials and students from the James Hart James Hart, Jim Hart, or Jimmy Hart may refer to:
Savory Foods, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan “Grand Rapids” redirects here. For other uses, see Grand Rapids (disambiguation). Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 197,800. , is a premier supplier of fresh cookie dough to organizations for fundraising. The company also sells corporate gifts and gourmet bundt cakes through its Penn Street Bakery subsidiary. Editor's Note: Following is a sample of other Illinois organizations participating in the Savory Foods 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund donation program: Lincoln-Way High School Central and East Campus New Lenox and Frankfort, IL Mokeno Business Youth Football Mokeno, IL Dance Alive Dance Studio Manteno, IL Joliet West H.S. Band Joliet, IL New Lenox Mustangs Youth Football New Lenox, IL Golden's Gymnastic Center Kankakee, IL Carl Sandburg H.S. Orchesis Dance Troop Orland Park, IL Sandbox Childcare Centers Orland Park, Lockport, Palos Heights, Palos Hills and Frankfort, IL |
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