Holland Town Center to host fundraiser shopping event
HOLLAND TWP. — Several businesses in the Holland Town Center are coming together to host a fundraiser event.
The event, All They Need Is Love, will take place Saturday, Feb. 16, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Throughout the day, a portion of proceeds from participating businesses will be donated to Grant Me Hope.
Grant Me Hope is a nonprofit marketing initiative that produces videos of children who are wards of the state and available for adoption. The videos air on partnering television news stations in Michigan and Ohio.
“It’s a really great cause,” said Maranda Shear, owner of Art as a Lifestyle. “We sat down and thought, ‘What can we do?’ And because it’s Valentine’s Day weekend, we thought it should have something to do with love.”
Black Tulip Salon will make a donation each time a customer gets their hair cut or colored from Monday, Feb. 11, through Saturday, Feb. 16.
Art as a Lifestyle customers can guarantee a 30 percent donation to Grant Me Hope by making their own candle, lotion or soap during the event — or by registering for a canvas class.
“We’re trying to get people in here for a good reason,” Shear said. “You’re going home with something and you’re giving back. And you get to make it.”
Priscilla’s Boutique, Michigan Pantry and Ecobuns Baby + Co. will also participate in the event, donating a portion of all sales.
Finally, all participating stores will have 50 tickets for a free game of laser tag at The Lost City, valid from Saturday, Feb. 23, to Saturday, March 23.
“We’re happy to participate,” said Jason Bock, general manager at The Lost City. “We’re just looking to do our part in the community and help out.”
This isn’t the first time businesses in the Holland Town Center have come together to create an event since the center’s change of ownership in November 2017.
“We’re all small businesses,” Shear said. “We’re all working toward the same goal. When we help each other, we help ourselves. We’re constantly talking to each other about hours and closings and we’re always communicating. Box stores don’t do that. They don’t care. But we care, because this is our lives.”