Saturday, January 19, 2013

Where Does Your Recycling Go?

WHERE, OH WHERE, DOES YOUR RECYCLING GO?

So you’ve decided to recycle. You proudly rinse out your cans, flatten your Cheerios boxes, toss those paper towel tubes into your green "We Recycle"  bin and roll it out to the curb for pick up. The giant truck comes by, some nice person picks it up and tosses it into the back of the truck …. And then what? Where does it go? Why is it that all of the sudden I can put all my recyclables into one bin when I spent the last decade meticulously separating my paper from plastic, my metal from my cardboard. Hold on to your horses, we’re off to see where your recycling goes…

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Key Ceremony articles, photos and video

Macomb Daily article with photos and video:
Shelby Township neighbors welcome disabled vet to ‘dream home’

Shelby-Utica Patch article with photos and video:
 Wounded Warrior and Family Move into Shelby Township ‘Dream Home’

Shelby TV's "Shelby This Week (1.18.2013)"   (13:00 through 14:40 minutes)
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Below are photos I took today of the Key Ceremony (see related post) and welcome given to Sergeant First Class (ret.) Anthony Patchell, his fiancee Amanda and their daughters Molly, Emily and Grace.

1:34 PM - the family, along with their possessions, arrive in front of their new home on Heyward St. while about thirty of their new neighbors wait to greet them.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Foundation Donates Home on Heyward Street

At 1:00 PM on Jan. 17, 2013, as the result of an initiative by the Military Warriors Support Foundation and Chase Bank, Sergeant First Class (ret.) Anthony Patchell and his family will receive the keys to their new, mortgage-free home on Heyward Street in the Meadows at Central Park.

Tony, his fiancee Amanda and daughters Molly, Emily and Grace are moving here from their native Altoona, PA.

SFC Patchell was injured by an IED blast in Baghdad in the fall of 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom and subsequently received a permanent disability retirement from the U.S. Army.  Tony and Amanda volunteer as Staff members with Family of a Vet, a national 501(3)c nonprofit that works with families and veterans suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brainstem Injuries (TBI). Tony is also an NRA certified Instructor and certified gunsmith.   

Please join us at the corner of Heyward and Blackwell at 1:00 PM to welcome Tony and his family to our neighborhood as they receive the keys to their new home.
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Military Warriors Support Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting combat wounded veterans during their transition to civilian life.  Their Homes4WoundedHeroes program awards mortgage-free homes to wounded heroes injured during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The homes are for families who have severe and/or unique circumstances due to their injuries received while serving our country. In addition to the home, the families will receive 3 years of family and financial mentoring.

Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Company, a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.2 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. Chase serves consumers and small businesses through 5,200 bank branches, 16,200 ATMs, mortgage offices, and online and mobile banking as well as through relationships with auto dealerships and schools and universities. Chase also has issued more than 90 million credit cards.