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The Orlando Sentinel, Friday, November 23, 2001- Metro

Want to be involved in the solution? Here are some suggestions for a few meaningful gifts.

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For the fruitcake lovers out there, here’s a cake that gives back. Willow River Farms of Brookshire, Texas, produces two fruitcakes, a brandied nut cake and a traditional fruitcake. Packed with fruit and nuts and laced with brandy, the brandied cake may be just the gift for the person who resists fruitcake. The New York Times has called it “a fruitcake anyone could love.”

The fruitcakes are made by volunteers. Proceeds go to the Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation, a nonprofit organization that operates a residential high-rise in Houston and a rural, farming artisan’s community 50 miles west of Houston.

A 2-pound fruitcake or brandied nut cake costs $18; a 3-pound cake costs $27. Shipping is extra. To order, go to fruitcakes.org or call 1-800-939-3720.

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And in a fruitcake-fractured society, give fruitcake lovers the gift that gives twice - - reward a friend with an $18 fruitcake made by Texas charity and you can help the Houston-based Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation, which has used past fruitcake proceeds to purchase a wheelchair-accessible bus.

Over 2 Million dollars in product has been sold since the project started in 1998 and
more than 1 Million provided to improve the lives of the people served by
THE CENTER Serving Persons with Mental Retardation.

Gingersnaps | Cheesesnaps | Fruitcakes | Crunchy Chocolate Nuggets

The Center is a private not-for- profit United Way agency,
that provides opportunities which promote individual choice,
personal growth and community involvement for persons
with mental retardation and those needing similar services
so that they may achieve their maximum potential.