Adrian Meijer employees give $5,000 to HOPE Community Center

ADRIAN — The Adrian Meijer team is once again enriching the community it serves.

Adrian Meijer team members recently donated $5,000 to the HOPE Community Center, a news release said.

The privately funded, nonprofit HOPE Center in Adrian empowers individuals with disabilities in Lenawee County to embrace lives filled with purpose, connection and personal growth. Each week, the center touches the lives of nearly 100 individuals, offering an array of more than 120 monthly programs spanning education, recreation, socialization and volunteerism.

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The Meijer Team Gives donation was given to further the HOPE Center’s mission to empower those they serve to live their most independent, fulfilling and integrated lives possible.

“HOPE Community Center is near and dear to my heart, so it gives me great joy that my team members chose to donate $5,000 to HOPE,” Adrian Meijer store director and past HOPE board member Ben Negron said in the release. “HOPE Community Center uplifts some of the most vulnerable of our community; individuals with mental disabilities, individuals that often go unseen and unsupported. At HOPE, they thrive in an environment of dignity and respect. They are provided care, resources, skills, and above all — hope.”

This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: Adrian Meijer employees give $5,000 to HOPE Community Center