Got an Old Cane? Get a Sweet deal!

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  • Do you have an old cane that you no longer need? The University of Michigan-Flint Urban Health and Wellness Center would like you to consider donating it. The Physical Therapy Unit at the Center along with the Genesee Health Plan are seeking donations of canes to provide to needy patients. In return, they’d like to give you a candy cane as a way of saying “thank you.” The canes will go to patients who use the Urban Health and Wellness Center.

    Do you have an old cane that you no longer need? The University of Michigan-Flint Urban Health and Wellness Center would like you to consider donating it. The Physical Therapy Unit at the Center along with the Genesee Health Plan are seeking donations of canes to provide to needy patients. In return, they'd like to give you a candy cane as a way of saying "thank you." The canes will go to patients who use the Urban Health and Wellness Center.

    There are six convenient locations where you can trade your old cane for a sweet candy cane:

    Diplomat Pharmacy …at G-3320 Beecher Rd

    Union Prescription Center in Mt. Morris

    Family Pharmacy on Fenton Rd. just north of Maple

    Rite Aid on main St. in Downtown Flushing

    Urban Health and Wellness Center at UM-Flint

    Genesee Health Plan offices, G-3169 Beecher Road-just West of Ballinger

    The Office of Marketing & Communications can be reached at mac-flint@umich.edu.