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Give a Toy, Get a Coffee Discount This Week

We continue our 30 Days of Giving series with a toy drive at Caribou Coffee.

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Day 5: Give Goodwill at Caribou

Good things come to those that give, and through Dec. 6, do-gooders will receive $1 off a future cup of joe at their local Caribou Coffee when they donate a toy to Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit.

, in conjunction with FM 88.7, or 89X, is hosting a '12 Days of Christmas' campaign to collect toy donations to be sold at Goodwill’s Santa Shop. The shop gives Goodwill clients, who are unemployed or receiving education through Goodwill, the opportunity to purchase deeply-discounted holiday presents for their children.

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From 11 a.m.-noon on Saturday, 89X personality James will be at the Caribou on Walton (across from ) in Rochester Hills to help collect donations; 100 percent of all tips collected then will benefit Goodwill.

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