Southeast Michigan · Building Easter baskets since 2016
A community service project that never stopped
Love One Another builds Easter baskets for children across Southeast Michigan and hands them to the organizations already working with those kids.
Our mission
To enrich the lives of underserved communities in Southeast Michigan through the gift of Easter baskets.
We provide gift baskets annually to charitable organizations in the area, including shelters, food pantries, community centers and afterschool programs. Over 3,600 Easter baskets have gone out since 2016.
2016
The first baskets
Amanda McCullough asked friends and family to help put together Easter baskets for kids who would not otherwise get one.
2019
501(c)(3) status
Tax-exempt status came through. EIN 83-3320874.
2026
The tenth year
670 baskets, delivered through 11 partner organizations. Over 200 went to children in foster care.
How We Started
In 2016 this was a community service project started, nothing more than that. Friends, family, a pile of baskets, one weekend.
Over the next few years, it kept growing and growing. At the time, one of our founders Amanda was working at a small law firm downtown that handled paperwork for corporate and nonprofit clients, so she learned how the filings worked and did her own.
Three friends together Amanda McCullough, Trei Cools and Mickey McCullough formed the board. Amanda brought the mission, Trei the business savvy one, and Mickey the lawyer.
Tax-exempt status came through in 2019.
Our board members still run the organization as volunteers filling in lots of different roles from admin to filling Easter baskets.
"These organizations do such great work to provide resources to meet the crucial needs of these communities, so our mission is to fill in and provide additional support and enrichment for their clients through our Easter baskets program. We’re inspired by the work of our partner organizations, and our work simply wouldn’t be possible without them!"
Amanda McCullough
Founder and Executive Director
What we are, and what we are not
The distinction matters, because it decides who we can help and how.
We are the builders
We are not the distributor
Recognition and support
"Easter item collection underway"
Grosse Pointe News
Coverage of the annual collection drive
“Spreading Joy One Basket at a Time”
St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center
Profile of the founder, April 2025
Grant support has come from:
Walmart Spark Good
Macomb County Board of Commissioners
Alongside a local church and a lot of individual donors.