The Michigan Humane Society is a private, nonprofit organization serving
the animals, and people, of metro Detroit and beyond since 1877. It was recently selected by the Michigan Business + Professional
Association as one of "Metropolitan Detroit's 101 Best and Brightest Companies
to Work For" in 2004. The implementation last month of
country-of-origin labeling for seafood products will make it easier for
consumers to determine which products come from Canada.
The group is based in Washington and has numerous field representatives across
the country.

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Sealing is an off-season activity conducted by commercial fishermen from
Canada's East Coast. The HSUS protects all animals through
education, investigation , litigation, legislation, advocacy, and field work.

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The $1,600 raised represents money donated during the 2004 fiscal
year.

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00 to
charity in exchange for dressing in casual attire during the fourth Friday of
each month. (Nasdaq: WFMI) has
joined the list of companies who have responded to The HSUS' call for a
boycott of seafood from Canada until that country's annual slaughter of
hundreds of thousands of seals is permanently halted.

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, Oxford Bank, a
subsidiary of Oxford Bank Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: OXBC), announced
today that the Bank's employees have agreed to donate $800 . The company
joins Legal Sea Foods, Downeast Seafood, and Spectrum Organics in the United
States , and Marks and Spencer in the United Kingdom in taking steps to reduce
or end their Canadian seafood sales. Even in Newfoundland, where more than 90 percent of the
sealers live, sealing income accounts for less than one percent of that
province's gross domestic and only two percent of the landed value of
Newfoundland's fishery.

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Its subsidiary, Oxford Bank, is the oldest
commercial bank in Oakland County and operates seven full-service offices in
Clarkston, Dryden, Goodrich, Lake Orion, Oakland Township, Ortonville and
Oxford, with a new location scheduled to open in the City of Davison (summer
of 2005). In support of the seals, Whole Foods
Market has agreed not to sell seafood from the eastern part of Canada known as
Atlantic Canada (Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and the Magdelan
Islands).org, which also provides a downloadable pocket guide
to the most common Canadian seafood products, such as snow crabs.

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The money was raised through Oxford Bank's "Dress Down For Charity"
program.
Hospice of Michigan provides comprehensive comfort care to people living
with a terminal illness and support to their families.
Oxford Bank Corporation is a registered holding company with over $500
million in total assets. More than 100,000
individuals have already signed The HSUS boycott pledge on the web site,
http://www.

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The Bank has operated continuously
under local ownership and management since it first opened for business in
1884. The U.

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Michigan Humane Society + Hospice of Michigan
to Receive 2004 'Dress Down' Donations

OXFORD, Mich. Each year, more than 48,000 stray, unwanted,
abused and injured animals are cared for by the three MHS shelters and a total
of more than 100,000 animals are served.

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The recipients are the Michigan Humane Society and Hospice of
Michigan . The recipients were determined by voting amongst Oxford Bank's 165
employees." As part of its
commitment , Whole Foods Market will place signage and other information in
each of their stores asking consumers to join the campaign.

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Consumers Urged 'Don't Buy While Seals Die'

WASHINGTON , The Humane Society of the United States
(HSUS) announced yesterday that Whole Foods Market, Inc .
The hunt is undeniably cruel -- baby and juvenile seals are clubbed or
shot to death primarily for their pelts -- many are skinned while still alive
and conscious. has long banned imports of seal products, but the
market for seal pelts in Europe provides an incentive for the sealers to take
to the ice every spring to kill as many seals as they can.
"The Humane Society of the United States commends Whole Foods Market for
taking this principled position in favor of ending the slaughter of baby
seals," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS.

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Now in its 25th year,
the organization serves more than 800 people every day in 45 counties in
Michigan. It also manages a consumer lending center in Oxford and a
commercial lending office in Lake Orion. Pacelle added
"Whole Foods Market's action will send a strong message to Canada that
consumers will not buy Canadian seafood while seals die. "The government of Canada clearly has an economic
choice to make," said Pacelle.

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8 billion annually for the Canadian economy and making the
industry a viable target for a boycott.

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Oxford Bank Employees to Donate $800.00 Each to Two Charities

This year's hunt,
with over 300,000 seals slaughtered, was the largest killing of marine mammals
in the world.
Whole Foods Market is the world's leading retailer of natural and organic
foods with 167 stores in North America and the United Kingdom. The non-profit organization is a mainstream voice for animals,
with active programs in companion animals and equine protection, disaster
preparedness and response, wildlife and habitat protection, animals in
research and farm animal welfare.

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Whole Foods Market Joins Humane Society of the United States' Canadian Seafood Boycott to Save the Seals

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Seventy percent of Canadian seafood is exported to the United States,
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The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's largest animal
protection organization representing more than nine million members and
constituents.

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It is the largest hospice in the state and one of the largest
nonprofit hospices in the country.

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It allows Bank employees the opportunity to donate at least $1. One of the
oldest and largest animal welfare organizations in the country, it operates
many programs and services such as pet adoption, behavior and training, humane
education, emergency rescue, cruelty investigation, veterinary care,
legislative advocacy and more.

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