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1,000 Stockings for our Troops

PRESS RELEASE:  1,000 Stockings for Christmas 2012

For Immediate Release

Orion Township, MI. – February 8, 2012. provideInc has been working toward providing troops overseas with a Christmas from home. The process of creating Christmas stockings began in January and will continue throughout the year until the stockings are shipped overseas in time for Christmas in December of 2012. All ages are welcome and encouraged to join the project.

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The project launched with the help of twenty-five high school students from Eton Academy in Birmingham, MI and provideInc is now encouraging participation in the next step of their Stockings for Soldiers project – including, but not limited to, sewing. The upcoming project date, originally set for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 3, 2012 and will take place at provideInc’s new location; 1520 S. Lapeer Road Suites 114 & 116. Lake Orion, MI. The event will be held from 10am- 2pm. provideInc offers the community a number of ways through which they can participate; fabric donation, cutting, sewing, and ironing stockings. The tools necessary will be provided and experienced volunteers will be on hand to help. In addition to creating stockings, volunteers of all ages will invited to create cards and write notes and letters to the troops.

provideInc is a faith-based nonprofit organization that offers volunteers a friendly place for all ages, experience levels, and abilities to provide hands-on help. provideInc’s service projects, which vary in nature and duration, provide new or tentative volunteers with the ability to discover that even small events and actions can have big results. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Faith is taking the first steps even when you don’t see the whole staircase”. Lori Naseef, Director of provideInc, said, “After almost four years of leading and serving, we appreciate and enjoy this call on our lives and look forward to all that God has in store for us and our children through serving in His name”. Consider joining provideInc in their small steps of faith.

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To learn more about joining their mission visit the website and check them out on Facebook. For more information about donating or volunteering contact Director, Lori Naseef at Lori@provideinc.org or visit http://www.provideinc.org.

Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others. Faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. - Peter 4:10

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Media Contact: Kathleen Garry Organization Contact: Lori Naseef Phone Number: (248) 420-8816 E-mail: Lori@provideinc.org Website: http://www.provideinc.org

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