On Feb. 20, Jon Bane, 10, presented a check for $900 to Helen Louise Fincher at her Bladez hair salon in Belleville and then took a tour of the old school bus that was warming up behind the shop before leaving to carry food and clothing to the homeless in Detroit’s Cass Corridor.
This is the third year that Jon has earned money for the mission to the homeless. In 2010 he brought a check for $237, the exact amount Fincher needed to pay the insurance due on her bus. In 2011, Jon earned $352 for the homeless mission.
Just before last Christmas, Jon had a big bake sale at Open Arms Lutheran Church and took freewill donations. The total was matched by Thrivant Financial.
Belleville Church of God gave Fincher the newer bus for her mission. Besides all the other food for the homeless, on Feb. 20 Fincher carried a big box of paczkis donated by The Bake Shoppe in Sumpter Township. The shop regularly donates donuts for the mission, Fincher said.
Warming up the bus was the mission’s mechanic Tom Buczkowski. Kara Garcia from Open Arms faithfully sorts the donations that arrive at Bladez each month and arranges them by sizes for the distribution on the third Monday of each month.
Jon is the son of Jason and Laura Bane of Westland and the family attends Open Arms church.