Community outreach.The Detroit law firm of Butzel Long Butzel Long is a law firm based in Detroit, Michigan. The firm has over 225 lawyers and offices throughout Michigan, as well as branches New York, Washington, D.C., Florida, and China. They specialize in commercial law. (b) received the Commitment to Mission Award from HAVEN, an Oakland County nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to the elimination of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Butzel Long was honored for its longtime volunteerism and commitment to the organization. In the fall of 2006, the women of Butzel Long's Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working launched a new initiative known as "W5" (Women Working With Women for Women) with a goal of partnering with other business women to raise awareness of nonprofit organizations that support women. The Women's Network at Southfield-based Fifth Third Bank (Eastern Michigan) (a) collected more than 500 items of clothing for Vista Maria (b), a Dearborn Heights-based shelter for abused and neglected girls, during a December 2006 scarf and mitten drive. The bank also collected $1,520 in cash for Vista Maria by holding a "jeans day" for employees. The Detroit-based law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC (b) has become a community partner of the Southeast Michigan Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries, and is home to slightly over half the state's population. chapter of Leave A Legacy, a campaign conducted by the National Committee on Planned Giving Planned Giving is an area of fundraising that refers to several specific gift types that can be funded with cash or property. These gift vehicles are based on United States tax law. to inspire people to make charitable bequests in their wills or estate plans. PricewaterhouseCoopers Detroit (b) hosted students from two area high schools in January for a half-day of educational activities honoring Martin Luther King Jr. The program featured a keynote addressed by Detroit Lions wide receiver Herman Moore Herman Joseph Moore (born October 20, 1969 in Danville, Virginia) is a former American National Football League wide receiver. He played football in high school, mostly as a kicker as well as playing at tight end. . PricewaterhouseCoopers also sponsored Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is located in the Cultural Center of the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1965, it holds the world's largest permanent exhibit on African American culture. (d) in Detroit. Thompson-Phelan Group Inc. (d) and the Michigan Association of Community Bankers have established the James W. Phelan Scholarship to provide financial assistance to Michigan residents in their junior or senior year at a Michigan college or university. The scholarship is named after one of the founders of Thompson-Phelan Group, a commercial design and build firm in Anchorville. |
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