KEVIN YOUNG, DIRECTOR
60822 Creek Road
Niles, MI 49120
269-684-3870
kevin60822@sbcglobal.net
FUNDRAISING
MAY/JUNE 2025 GRANGE NEWS
Other ways to donate to the cause is to save your “G” (Grange) dollars. Check your one dollar bills when you get change to see if they have a G on them in the circle...if so put them away and save them until you come to the convention and donate in your Grange’s name.
Raffle Tickets:
Raffle tickets have been mailed to every Grange in Michigan. PLEASE sell them or buy them!! Don’t forget you can always request more tickets from the State Grange Office.
The proceeds from this wonderful raffle goes to the Michigan State Grange to help cover costs throughout the year.
A lot of work went into these beautiful afghans from members and friends around the world. What a
A lot of work went into these beautiful afghans from members and friends around the world. What a
nice addition to your home.
So...sell...sell...sell… and sell some more!
Other ways to donate to the cause is to save your “G” (Grange) dollars. Check your one dollar bills when you get change to see if they have a G on them in the circle...if so put them away and save them until you come to the convention and donate in your Grange’s name.
We also are collecting pennies (Pennies from Heaven) along with nickels, dimes, quarters, etc.
It all adds up and helps.
MARCH/APRIL 2025 GRANGE NEWS
Hello everyone. We have an update on the Afghan Blanket Raffle! Connie Johnston has applied for the license with the State of Michigan Gaming Commission. Once she receives the approved license and our raffle number, she will begin printing tickets. We will be starting with 1,000 tickets but will print more as needed, which I really hope we need to! Here is the information on the raffle:
I hope everyone is collecting the Grange Dollars to turn in at the State Session in October. This was a wonderful fund-raising project that all can participate in. We collected over $2,000 last year and I feel we can do that again if not more if we all do our part. If you do not wish to collect the “G” dollars, we will take any currency and coins you would like to collect as we are also do the “Pennies from Heaven” collection as well.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for future fundraising projects, I would love to hear from you. I had one Grange member mention she would be willing to donate one of her handmade quilts so that could happen in the near future. Stay tuned….
Hello everyone. We have an update on the Afghan Blanket Raffle! Connie Johnston has applied for the license with the State of Michigan Gaming Commission. Once she receives the approved license and our raffle number, she will begin printing tickets. We will be starting with 1,000 tickets but will print more as needed, which I really hope we need to! Here is the information on the raffle:
The drawing will be held on October 18, 2025 at the Michigan State Grange Celebration Banquet which is being held at the Comstock Inn & Conference Center in Owosso Michigan. The drawing will take place at 8:30pm that evening and the winners need not be present to win. 1st prize will be the KING size handmade Afghan Blanket, 2nd prize will be the QUEEN size handmade Afghan Blanket and 3rd prize will be a $50 Shell Gas Card and a $25 Lowe’s Card. Tickets will sell for $1.00 each or 6 tickets for $5.00. Tickets will be available to each Grange or Grange member, and we ask that everyone help sell these tickets. Tickets can also be purchased by sending a check or money order payable to Michigan State Grange in the care of Kevin Young MSG Treasurer 60822 Creek Rd., Niles MI 49120. Once the funds have been deposited and have been posted to the MSG bank account, copies of the completed tickets along with the ticket stubs will be mailed back to the purchaser. Please remember that this fundraiser has not cost the State Grange anything but the license fee so far. All the work on the blankets has been donated, from the making of each square to the sewing together of the squares and even the shipping back and forth from Michigan to Washington State and back to Michigan. Even the gift cards were donated. If we put a good effort into selling tickets, this will bring in a great deal of money by Oct. 18th.
I hope everyone is collecting the Grange Dollars to turn in at the State Session in October. This was a wonderful fund-raising project that all can participate in. We collected over $2,000 last year and I feel we can do that again if not more if we all do our part. If you do not wish to collect the “G” dollars, we will take any currency and coins you would like to collect as we are also do the “Pennies from Heaven” collection as well.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for future fundraising projects, I would love to hear from you. I had one Grange member mention she would be willing to donate one of her handmade quilts so that could happen in the near future. Stay tuned….
