Erica Cale of Clarkston, founder of Helping Hearts Helping Hands, received a donation from Oakland County Casual Day funds last month during the holidays.
Cale, who returned last week from mission work in Honduras, shared $29,000 donated by county employees on casual days throughout the year.
This year’s recipients also include The American Diabetes Association, Bingham Farms; The Baldwin Center, Pontiac; The Child Abuse and Neglect Council (CARE House), Pontiac; The D-MAN Foundation, Rochester Hills; The Donate Life Coalition of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Give-A-Christmas Year Around, Royal Oak; Grace Centers of Hope, Pontiac; HAVEN, Bingham Farms; Kids Kicking Cancer, Detroit; McLaren Children’s Clinic, Pontiac; Oxford/Orion FISH, Orion Township; The Rainbow Connection, Rochester; Rebuilding Together Oakland County, Farmington Hills; Walk the Line to Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, Southfield; and a disabled Vietnam veteran who asked for help.