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Although they still have quite a bit of fundraising to go, Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels has managed to raise approximately $17,000 in one month.
Today alone, Ann Arbor’s Dunning Subaru donated $2,000 to YMOW as part of its Share the Love sales event. Employees of the dealership also donated their time to deliver food today and will continue to help with deliveries Wednesday and Friday.
Bill Kurkjian, a volunteer for Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels, explained Subaru’s Share the Love campaign donates $250 for every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased through Jan. 4, 2010.
According to its Web site Subaru will make the contribution to each charity by March 1, 2010. Last year Subaru donated $4.7 million during the Share the Love Event. This year Subaru hopes to donate up to $5 million.
“The businesses are so generous,” Ann Harris, executive director of YMOW said.
An even bigger fundraising event – Ypsilanti’s Holiday Homes Tour – brought in approximately $15,000 over the course of Saturday and Sunday.
Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels serves 215 meals to area residents every day and another 60 residents are on a waiting list to be a part of the program. However, like many charitable organizations, YMOW is struggling to stay afloat with sharply declining revenue in recent years.
This is the first year in the organization’s 35-year history it has had to create a waiting list, and those on the list typically have to wait about three months to start receiving food.
A few years ago YMOW’s first line of defense in balancing its budget was to eliminate dinner. Now, Harris said the organization needs $30,000 by the end of the year to stay solvent. That money would not impact the wait list, but it would keep the list from getting longer and keep the organization’s board of directors from reducing its services even more.
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