Posted in Christmas, Plymouth history, downtown Plymouth, events, tagged Christmas Trees, downtown Plymouth, Facebook, Facebook groups, Plymouth MI, Plymouth Michigan, Santa, The Gathering at the Wilcox, Wilcox House, Wilcox House tour on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There has been lots of life at Wilcox House the last several months. Right now the “Wilcox Winter Gathering” is underway. Most interesting to me is that the home itself is now open to the public:
The Wilcox House opens to the public for the first
time in its 100 year history on Dec. 6th at 10:00 [...]
Posted in Christmas, Salvation Army, charity, holidays, tagged charity, donations, economy, giving, kettle drive, Salvation Army on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to an article in the January 8, 2009, Plymouth Observer (“Kettle drive soars past 2008 goal), the local Salvation Army’s Christmas kettle drive raised more than the goal set and exceeded 2007’s donations.
Our local Salvation Army, which serves the Plymouths, the Northvilles, Canton and Belleville, set a pre campaign goal for 2008 of $235,000. [...]
Posted in Christmas, Salvation Army, charity, holidays, tagged charity, Christmas, Chrysler, Detroit, donations, economy, Ford, General Motors, giving, job loss, recession, Salvation Army on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I said in an earlier post, I did Salvation Army bell ringing at the Kroger in Plymouth Twp. last night. What stood out was truly how generous people can be, especially in these tough times.
All we hear about on the news these days are the economy (nothing but bad news) and bailouts. In this [...]
Posted in Christmas, downtown Plymouth, holidays, tagged Christmas, decorations, holidays, Kellogg Park, magi, nativity scene, Three Wise Men, tradition on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not the world’s biggest Christmas fan, at least not how it is outwardly expressed and celebrated. I think it’s great that people decorate their homes and that cities like ours make their downtowns festive and bright. The lights, the creches, the snowflakes are enjoyable, nice to look it, but they don’t make [...]
