A Little Dough Raises a Lot of Money; West Michigan Students Sell Cookie Dough; Help Raise Funds for NY Firefighters' Families Through Savory Foods Donation Program.Business Editors GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2001 Recently, several hundred West Michigan 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, Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Savory Foods, the company that supplies cookie dough to organizations 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. At 10 a.m today, Savory officials and members of the Catholic Central Choir will make a ceremonial check presentation to Chief Burton of the Grand Rapids Fire Department symbolizing the efforts of all students who helped raise funds for the NY 9-11 Fire Fighters Disaster Relief Fund. In addition to presenting the check to Chief Burton, the Choir will serve freshly baked cookies and sing holiday carols for the firefighters. Savory Foods 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 Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Following is a sample of other West Michigan organizations participating in the Savory Foods 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund donation program: Walker Charter Academy Grand Rapids, Michigan Precious People Preschool Lansing, Michigan Grandville School District Grandville, Michigan Alward Elementary Hudsonville, Michigan Battle Creek Academy Battle Creek, Michigan Explorer Elementary Caledonia, Michigan |
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