Charitable Giving
The CBA membership provided suggestions for the CBA’s annual donations to local charities. The following each received a donation of $1000:
- Almost Home Animal Shelter
- Blessings in a Backpack – Michigan
- Grace Centers of Hope
- Southeast Michigan Adult Rehabilitation Center
- Stiggys Dogs
- The Detroit Pit Crew
- Pope John Hospitality House
- Alternatives for Girls
- Detroit Rescue Mission
- Sisters Acquiring Financial Empowerment
A $2,000 donation was made to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helping Hands Fund, in the name of Brenda Gehringer-Grima, long-time bankruptcy practitioner with the firm of Butler, Butler & Rowse-Oberle and wife of Joseph Grima, who lost a long battle with cancer on August 21, 2016, at the far too young age of 46. The Helping Hands Fund was designated as the recipient of donations in Brenda’s obituary, and the Board voted to make the donation in Brenda’s name and memory.