Charities receive Oakland Casual Day funds

Oakland County employees donated more than $50,000 to support local charities in 2015 through the county’s Casual Day program, County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said during a special ceremony Wednesday in the lobby of the Executive Office Building. On Casual Day, employees in participating departments and divisions may donate $1 to wear jeans or dress casually.

Patterson presented 19 organizations which serve the community with checks totaling $31,500 during the special ceremony. County employees also gave an additional $19,500 during Special Casual Days this year, $7,000 of which went to the family of Michigan State Police Trooper Chad Wolf, who died in the line of duty while on patrol in northern Oakland County. A Special Casual Day is one that has a designated recipient.

“Our county employees are among the most generous individuals I know, whether it is donating their time or money,” Patterson said. “They topped $50,000 in donations this year and set a record for the most donated to a Special Casual Day recipient. I’m of course speaking about the Special Casual Day for Trooper Chad Wolf’s family.”

The donation to Trooper Wolf earned the gratitude of Col. Kriste Etue, the director of Michigan State Police. In a Sept. 23 letter to Patterson, she wrote, “It is at times like this that we most appreciate the support from the communities we serve.”

This year’s 19 Casual Day recipients were:

• The American Diabetes Association - Bingham Farms.
• The Baldwin Center – Pontiac.
• Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center - Birmingham.
• Canine Advocacy Program – Novi.
• Child Abuse and Neglect Council (CARE House) – Pontiac
• D-MAN Foundation – Rochester Hills.
• Donate Life Coalition of Michigan – Ann Arbor.
• Give-A-Christmas Year Around – Royal Oak.
• Grace Centers of Hope – Pontiac.
• HAVEN – Bingham Farms.
• Helping Hearts Helping Hands – Clarkston.
• Kids Kicking Cancer – Southfield.
• McLaren Children’s Clinic – Pontiac.
• Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society – Pontiac.
• Oxford/Orion FISH – Orion Township.
• The Rainbow Connection – Rochester.
• Rebuilding Together Oakland County – Farmington Hills.
• Toys for Tots – Waterford.
• Walk the Line to Spinal Cord Injury Recovery – Southfield.

Since its inception 23 years ago, Oakland County employees have donated about $800,000 dollars, touching the lives of thousands of people. No taxpayer funds are used in the Casual Day program.

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