Swing Your Clubs to Combat Childhood Hunger

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May 18, 2015

Contact: Suzanne Baker

Cell: 734-679-8294

Email: biablivonia@gmail.com

Website: www.blessingsinabackpackmi.org/livonia/

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Swing Your Clubs to Combat Childhood Hunger

1^st Annual Golf Outing to Benefit Blessings in a Backpack-Livonia

Livonia, MI, May 18, 2015– On June 6^th, Blessings in a Backpack-Livonia is holding its 1^st Annual Golf Outing at Idyl Wyld Golf Course on Five Mile Road in Livonia. This exciting event, with an 8 am shotgun start, will include 4 person scramble, 18 holes of golf with cart, free use of range in the morning, various golf-related contests, a 50/50 raffle, Silent Auction, and dinner at the One Under Restaurant. Registration for golf and dinner is $100, while the fee for dinner only is $30.  To register, please contact Audra Rons at audrarons@gmail.com, 248-701-3277 or Jan Wilson at janwilson48@att.net, 248.505.3778, or register online at http://www.blessingsinabackpackmi.org/livonia/.

 Blessings in a Backpack-Livonia is a community based program run by volunteers to address the problem of weekend childhood hunger in the Livonia Public School System. Each week backpacks are filled with six meals, consisting of foods such as tuna, chicken, peanut butter, macaroni & cheese, oatmeal, fruit juices, soup, beef ravioli, canned fruit and granola bars, by volunteers and distributed Fridays to participating "at-risk" students at Garfield Elementary. The program plans to add two additional schools this fall.

To learn more, to donate, or to volunteer, Visit Blessings in a Backpack-Livonia’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BlessingsInABackpackLivonia) or connect with BIAB-Livonia through Twitter or Instagram (/BIAB_Livonia).

Olympia boss to detail new arena project at chamber luncheon

(Thursday, May 14, 2015) - Local business leaders are planning to gather Wednesday in Livonia to hear from one of the key people overseeing construction of a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings and other developments coming to Detroit.

Tom Wilson, the president and CEO of Olympia Entertainment, will speak at an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at Laurel Manor for members of the Livonia, Westland, Plymouth and Canton chambers of commerce.

Wilson represents the Illitch family organization that is leading this significant redevelopment that will produce the new arena, scheduled to open sometime in 2017, and surround it with a new entertainment and housing district. The overall effort will connect existing and new developments in downtown and midtown Detroit along Woodward Avenue with five walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods.

In all, according to Illitch organization reports, the entire project is expected to generate at least $1.8 billion in total economic impact, 8,300 construction and other spin-off jobs, and 1,100 permanent jobs. The overall goal is to build a one-of-a-kind venue for hockey, music, entertainment, and community events, surrounded by modern housing geared for those who want to live in an urban environment.

Wilson plans to provide pictures and descriptions of all components of the entire development district, and he will directly answer questions from the audience.

Seats are still available for this luncheon at Laurel Manor, located on Schoolcraft Avenue just west of Newburgh Road. Admission is $30 for members of either chamber, or $40 for the general public. For more information or to reserve seats, contact the Livonia Chamber at 734.427.2122 or tahmouch@livonia.org.