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Blessing Bids for 2012
The 2012 Northern Michigan Relief Sale is the sixth year for Blessing Bids. This is the part of the event where you get to select from a list of MCC Giving Projects and donate a specific amount of money for a specific project. This year’s list includes education, agriculture, medical and development projects where MCC […]
He Did It!!
The baseball signed by Prince Fielder of the Detroit Tigers for the 2012 Northern Michigan Relief Sale auction just became more valuable. Last night in Kansas City, Fielder joined another elite club when he won the 2012 MLB Home Run Derby. With the win, Fielder joins Ken Griffey, Jr. as the only two players with multiple Home Run […]
Detroit Tigers Baseball – Prince Fielder
The Tigers have again donated a signed baseball to the NMRS. Recent donations have included balls signed by Ivan Rodriquez, Kenny Rodgers, and Johnny Damon. For 2012, we have a ball signed by Prince Fielder. Fielder is in his first year with the Tigers, after several years with the Brewers. Fielder has been selected to the All-Star team and Home Run Derby competition […]
A Good Deal on a Good Read
Reading is one of my favorite things to do. I almost always have a book with me. I go through a lot of books a year. So I really love to shop at the Used Books booth at the Northern Michigan Relief Sale. With so many people switching to electronic readers used books may become […]
Garage Sale Returns
Yes. The Garage Sale is on for this year. Many of you probably know that it was questionable if we would have a place to hold the Garage Sale this year. Options were explored, but for a while there was no good answer to the problem. But now we have a solution. We will be […]
See the Quilts
As the calendar page turns to June, summer thinking begins to take place. One of the things of summer in Fairview is the Northern Michigan Relief Sale. A big thing at the Relief Sale is the Quilt Auction. The handiwork, the designs, the colors, the overall beauty of the handmade quilts can thrill anyone. Plenty of work, […]
Get Involved
The summer goes by. June, July, Relief Sale! It’s about two months until this year’s sale. That leaves you plenty of time to get invloved. What can you do? How can you participate ? You could be involved before, during, and even after the sale. Here’s how. If you prefer to help before the sale […]
A New Look and Some New Ideas
The spring meeting for the NMRS was held on 21 April 2012 at the Riverside Mennonite Church in AuGres. They always host the spring meeting and we really appreciate their hospitality. It was good to see friends and Relief Sale coworkers to check on how well everyone did over the winter. We also had some new […]
