candgnews.com JANUARY 22, 2025 Vol. 34, No. 2
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Shelby Township Police Sgt. Kevin Bailey and Deputy Clerk Craig Cowper load up the donations that the Shelby Township Giving Tree program collected during the holidays for delivery to Samaritan House in Washington Township.
Mila and BeeWee, aka Meep and Beep, check out the children’s book that Vicki Cantu and her daughters, Emma Cantu and Jenna Neilson, published about them.
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Photo provided by Vicki Cantu
Shelby Township mother and daughters publish first book together
Shelby Township Giving Tree collects over 2,900 items for Samaritan House SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Thanks to the community’s donations, the Shelby Township Giving Tree collected more than 2,900 items for Samaritan House. On Jan. 14, led by Township Clerk Stanley Grot, staff from Township Hall and the Shelby Township Police Department gathered at Township Hall to load ve-
BY KARA SZYMANSKI
hicles with donations collected through the Giving Tree program. From there, they drove to Samaritan House to unload the donations and formally present them to the Samaritan House team. The Giving Tree program is an annual tradition in Shelby Township. Each holiday season it brings together the community to support local families in need by collecting nonperishable food items, household goods and
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Vicki Cantu and her two daughters recently published their first book as a team, “The Everyday Adventures of Meep & Beep.” The 27-page children’s book is inspired by their dogs, Mila and BeeWee, aka Meep and Beep, and their interesting adven-
See GIVING TREE on page 18A
See BOOK on page 16A
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