KEVIN YOUNG, DIRECTOR
60822 Creek Road
Niles, MI 49120
269-684-3870
kevin60822@sbcglobal.net
FUNDRAISING
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026 GRANGE NEWS
Well, hello everyone. As we start another new year, that means we start another new year of Fund Raising for the Michigan State Grange. We are continuing to do the “G” Dollars again this year. It is a fun way to raise funds for the State Grange. Any amount helps, even $2.00 “G” Bills!!!
With the Penny coming to an end with minting any new ones, we are going to change this fund-raising project to be called “Coins from Heaven”! We will take any coins, rolled or loose. If you do not want all of your loose change in the bottom of your purse or in your cup holders in your vehicles, put them in a jar and bring them to State Session in October.
I know some people do not like the next form of Fund-raising but we have been graciously given a beautiful quilt called “The Flower Basket” (or it might be Pot, sorry Naomi I can’t remember now!). I have been asked to come up with a Theme for the next Raffle that will have this quilt as 1st prize. Once we have a Theme in place, I will let everyone know so if you wish to secure an item to raffle with the quilt we thank you in advance.
Thank you so much to everyone that helped with the fundraising efforts in 2025. I look forward to what we can all accomplish in 2026 when we work together. Every little extra we put in the bank account keeps us from needing funds transferred from the Invested Funds.
Until next time….
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025 GRANGE NEWS
Welcome to the 152nd Annual Convention of the Michigan State Grange!! This is a different annual report for me to be giving.
An ongoing project is the Grange Dollar collection contest between the Granges of Michigan. We will only tally the “G” dollars but if you want to contribute to others, we will gladly take them too. I can’t wait to see what you collected for this project. I know a few Granges are working hard to collect as many as they can. At last year’s State Session we collected a good deal of G Dollars so I hope we can collect just as many this year!
For those that do not wish to collect the Grange Dollars, we brought back the “Pennies from Heaven” collection this year. We will take any amount of coins (or paper money) once again this State Session. Please keep in mind, a little bit collected is more than what we had a year ago! I will be taking any of the collected coins to my local Credit Union as they have a coin machine that tallies up what you dump in and prints out a slip to take to the Teller for cash. Then I will deposit it in the State Grange bank account!
Welcome to the 152nd Annual Convention of the Michigan State Grange!! This is a different annual report for me to be giving.
An ongoing project is the Grange Dollar collection contest between the Granges of Michigan. We will only tally the “G” dollars but if you want to contribute to others, we will gladly take them too. I can’t wait to see what you collected for this project. I know a few Granges are working hard to collect as many as they can. At last year’s State Session we collected a good deal of G Dollars so I hope we can collect just as many this year!
For those that do not wish to collect the Grange Dollars, we brought back the “Pennies from Heaven” collection this year. We will take any amount of coins (or paper money) once again this State Session. Please keep in mind, a little bit collected is more than what we had a year ago! I will be taking any of the collected coins to my local Credit Union as they have a coin machine that tallies up what you dump in and prints out a slip to take to the Teller for cash. Then I will deposit it in the State Grange bank account!
Lastly, Our new project this year was the Handmade Afghan Raffle! At the time of writing this report we haven’t sold as many tickets as I had hoped. With the price being very reasonable and everything was donated for the making of the afghans and the gift cards were also donated, we will make a good profit on this raffle. We will be drawing the evening of the Annual Banquet.
Okay, that’s enough for now but that covers all of the projects that have either happened or are ongoing currently. If you have any ideas for other projects, please let me know. We want to do things that we can draw from outside of the Grange as well. We know every Grange does some type of fundraising for their own needs, that’s why we need to try to target outside funds too.
Fund Raising Results for 2024-25
“G” Dollars Collection $1,726, Pennies from Heaven $21.04, Silent Auction $624.50
Afghan Raffle $671.00 Winners were Russ Hoag and Kevin Kneupple. They in turn donated them to Jeff and Nancy Swainston and Chris and Connie Johnston. Gift cards to Claudia Libbey.
