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Tax credit disappearing

by Jan Schlain

posted 12/25/2011

"We absolutely are getting the word out!" says Mary Schlitt of Food Gatherers. The message Schlitt and other nonprofits are spreading is, "Give while the giving is still good." As part of Governor Snyder's tax-shift package, Dec. 31 is the last date Michigan residents can claim a state tax credit for gifts to food banks like Food Gatherers--along with homeless

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