3rd Annual Mingle & Jingle Holiday Event is November 17, 2011

Downtown Bay City

November 6, 2011
By: Julie McCallum, Entertainment Editor

Mingle & Jingle: Downtown Gives Back on Thursday, November 17, 2011, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Almost every fundraising event asks the public for money, but this one asks everyone to shop and dine this holiday season in Downtown Bay City and the Merchants do the donating! 17% on the 17th!

During the third annual Mingle & Jingle holiday event, 17% of sales made from 4 to 8 pm on the 17th of November will be donated by participating Downtown merchants to community non-profit organizations of their customer's choice. Since the event was first held in 2009, over $4,800 has been donated to local organizations by our Downtown merchants!

That evening attendees will Mingle with their neighbors and help put some Jingle into the hands of their favorite organizations while enjoying the great shopping and dining throughout holiday-decked Downtown Bay City.

The Participating Downtown Business are:

A Wedding & Gift Boutique

Atrium

Bayshire Beauty Academy

Delta College Planetarium & Learning Center

Di's Ink, Stamp-n-Crafts

Form & Function

G.T. Homestead

Gatsby's Steakhouse & Saloon

Gems By Em

Kingfish Restaurant

Little House

MeadowCreek Clothiers

Mulligan's Pub

My Secret Garden

Paperworks

Rattlesnake Rick's Roadhouse

Regina Caeli

Riverfront Grille at the DoubleTree

Simmons Jeweler's

St. Laurent Brothers

Stein Haus

The Fabric Fair

Uptown Girl

Violets Blue

Wind & Willows on the River

And the following Non-Profit Organizations will be benefiting from the event:

American Cancer Society

American Red Cross

Area Family Charities, Inc.

Bay Area Catholic Schools

Bay Area Women's Center

Bay-Arenac ISD Imagination Library

Bay County Habitat for Humanity

Bay County Library System

Designated Fund

Bay County Toys for Tots

Boys & Girls Club of Bay County

Delta College Endowment Fund for Shows at the Planetarium

Do-Care Enrichment Center

Good Samaritan Rescue Mission

Hidden Harvest

Historical Museum of Bay County

Humane Society of Bay County

Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan

New Dimensions

Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy

State Theatre of Bay City

Studio 23/ The Arts Center

United Way of Bay County