Investing in Communities

Edmonton Food Bank

The Edmonton Business Centre employees collected food and volunteered at the Food Bank sorting food and creating hampers for distribution to low-income people.

Stop Hunger Now

Mesa

Ford volunteers from the National Recovery Center in Mesa, Arizona joined employees from the Phoenix Ford Sales Division to participate in a “Stop Hunger Now” event in a Ford Accelerated Action Day. For the second time in 2011, Ford volunteers packaged 21,000 high-protein, dehydrated meals for use around the globe.

St. Mary’s Interfaith Dining Room

Stockton

This FMCC group in the San Francisco region prepared and served lunch to 800 poor and homeless people in the Oakland region.

St. Anthony’s Food Bank

San Francisco

Sorted and organized food for distribution.

Project C.U.R.E.

Denver

Volunteers unloaded trucks, and sorted and packaged donated medical supplies for distribution to high-need areas around the world.

2nd Harvest Food Bank

Orlando

Volunteers sorted and organized food for distribution.

Community Food Bank

Atlanta

More than two dozen Ford volunteers helped sort food at the Atlanta Community Food Bank in Georgia. This was the second time Ford volunteers had worked at the center in 2011, and each time the Atlanta Region Dealers Operation Goodwill also provided $2,500 in grants to the food bank. Ford also contributed a new Ford Transit Connect Mobile Food Pantry that is used to pick up food donations around town. The shift supervisor at the food bank indicated that on a normal shift, 40 people working can usually sort 7,000 lbs.

Feed My Starving Children

Aurora

Ford volunteers went to work at Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) in Aurora, Illinois. FMSC sends high-nutrition meals to malnourished children around the world. Ford volunteers packed 23,112 meals – enough to feed 64 kids for one year. The Ford volunteers were from Marketing, Sales and Service, and Ford Credit in the Chicagoland area.

Dare to Care Hunger Walk

Louisville

Ford volunteers sponsored a water stop at the 5k Dare to Care Hunger Walk/Run and employees entered the event. Every participant ran past a Ford display, including a 2012 Explorer and a 2012 Focus. The event easily topped 2010’s $110,000 raised and there were 2,500 participants.

SOME (So Others Might Eat)

Washington, D.C.

Ford volunteers prepared and served lunch to 800 poor and homeless individuals and families. For over 40 years SOME has served meals, and provided clothing, job training, and medical/dental/mental health services.

Ford school #49 in Tlalnepantla

Santa Fe

Ford of Mexico employees visited a school in a poor community and painted the entire building. A local Ford distributor donated the paint and equipment.

Madre Teresa de Calcutta Homeless Shelter & Casa Dalla

Santa Fe

Ford of Mexico employees, from both Ford and Ford Credit, collected food, books, clothing and board games. Employees delivered the items to a Ford School and to programs serving orphans and poor single mothers.

Casa Hogar los Olivos (orphanage)

Employees from the Hermosillo Stamping & Assembly Plant visited the nursing home and cleaned the installations, buildings and gardens; painted the walls, and repaired damaged areas. They also donated an electrical transformer to the institution.

Employees and their families

Chihuahua

The city and state of Chihuahua have high criminality and obesity rates, and Ford Chihuahua Engine Plant volunteers wanted to do something about these problems. They organized Safety & Healthy Living presentations, and introduced recreational areas including a new bicycle path that is available to everyone. A Personal Safety presentation was delivered by experts in the field.

Green Peace

Santa Fe

Green Peace installed an ecological expo in the main lobby to educate the employees about how each person can help improve the environment.

Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez

Mexico City & Santa Fe

This community, ravaged by Hurricane Alex, received thousands of pounds of food collected by the Ford office personnel in Santa Fe.

Advanced Technology Academy

Dearborn

Ford volunteers helped students show off some of their creative flair at the Advanced Technology Academy in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford employees helped paint a community-themed mural inspired by the students. The activity was one of many Ford Volunteer Corps efforts on a Ford Accelerated Action Day focused on children and families.

Penrickton Center for Blind Children

Taylor

A MODEL team of Ford volunteers recently spent the day at Penrickton Center for Blind Children in Taylor, Michigan. The Ford volunteers adapted toys for use by the children, assembled shelving and prepared meals.

Methodist Children’s Home

Redford Township

MODEL teams of Ford volunteers painted residential cottages at the Methodist Children’s Home Society in Redford Township, Michigan.

Starfish Family Services

Inkster

It looks like child’s play, and it is, but that is what makes it so important. Ford volunteers recently spent a day at Starfish Family Services playing with the 3–5 year olds, and helping them develop their motor skills and coordination with a variety of fun activities.

Working for Children and Families in the Local Community

Detroit

More than 300 Ford volunteers went to work for children and families in their local communities on a Ford Accelerated Action Day. MODEL teams of employee volunteers worked in shelters, schools and food banks.

COTS

Detroit

Ford volunteers spruced up the Coalition for Temporary Shelter in Detroit. They painted family lounges, installed shelving and put up window treatments.

Community Living Centers

Southfield

Ford volunteers created a rain collection system and vegetable garden at Community Living Centers in Southfield, Michigan.

Detroit Zoo

Royal Oak

Ford volunteers took a trip to the Detroit Zoo for some digging and planting, and to create a rain garden. Ford Group Vice President Sue Cischke (recently retired) – the Company’s top environmental and safety officer – stopped by the site to talk with volunteers and see how the work was progressing.

Environmental Interpretive Center – UM Dearborn

Dearborn

Ford volunteers created a foot trail and helped with mushroom log cultivation at the Environmental Interpretive Center at University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Ford GreenIT Green Days Recycling Event

Dearborn

Spring cleaning got a high tech makeover as Ford employees cleared out their attics and basements for the annual Green Days e-waste recycling event. Ford employees brought in old computers, printers, cell phones and other electronic equipment to keep it out of landfills. Electronic devices often contain copper, silver and even gold that can be reclaimed and reused. The plastic and glass in monitors or TVs can be recycled. There also can be toxic materials involved, such as lead, mercury, nickel or cadmium that could harm the environment if it ends up in landfills.

Ford GreenIT partnered with the Ford Volunteer Corps to expand the reach of the Better World Ford Accelerated Action Day. Ford employees filled 55 skids with electronics weighing thousands of pounds.

Penrickton Center for Blind Children

Taylor

Ford employee volunteers planted flowers and landscaped the grounds. They also created a border around the Butterfly Garden.

Grosse Ile Learning Garden

Grosse Ile

Ford volunteers help build the Grosse Ile Learning Garden with the Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens

Ann Arbor

Ford volunteers helped improve the Habitats Trail through the children’s garden.

Arbor Hospice

Ann Arbor

Ford volunteers edged walkways, deadheaded plants, cleaned the fish pond, divided plants, removed spiderwort and other invasive plants, and weeded. Well done team!

ReCycle Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor

Hundreds of pounds of discarded, useful items were organized and catalogued by Ford volunteers.

Food Gatherers

Ann Arbor

Volunteers sorted and organized food for distribution.

St. Vincent de Paul

Clinton Township

Volunteers worked in the Food Pantry and other areas as needed.

Advanced Technology Academy

Dearborn

Volunteers assembled and installed three pieces of durable, metal playground equipment purchased with a MODEL teams mini-grant.

Ford’s Eyeglass Collection for One Sight

Dearborn

Employees picked up 900 pairs of eye glasses donated by employees in 12 SE MI Ford buildings. They will be refurbished and distributed by One Sight to adults and children around the globe.

Gleaners Community Food Bank

Dearborn

MP&L employees at West Park Center collected 1.25 tons (3,500 total items) of non-perishables and delivered the bounty to Gleaners, including 2,500 boxes of cereal and baby food, and $100 that will provide 300 meals.

Henry Ford Estate

Dearborn

Ford volunteers worked hard at completing end of the summer garden bed clean-up chores at this historic Ford family location.

Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Detroit

Renovated the food storage area and the rooms where donated clothing is sorted, stored and distributed.

Focus: HOPE

Detroit

Assisted with various painting and repair projects.

Habitat for Humanity Detroit

Detroit

Worked on adding landscaping to the yards of newly built homes.

Habitat Blitz Build

Detroit

Twenty-nine projects were staffed by Company volunteers to build a Ford-funded house.

Mosaic Youth Theatre

Detroit

Ford volunteers made critical improvements, funded by a MODEL teams mini-grant, to the building’s interior and exterior.

Parade Company

Detroit

Volunteers worked on floats and costumes for the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

St. Leo’s Soup Kitchen

Detroit

Volunteers prepared and served lunch.

Salvation Army – Grandale Corps

Detroit

The kitchen, dining rooms and hallways were painted and renovated.

The Guidance Center

Flat Rock

Removed old playground enclosures and installed new fencing, and spread child-safe rubber mulch.

Veterans Gala

Grosse Ile

Ford volunteers set up the facility for the second annual event honoring area veterans and their families.

Starfish Family Services

Inkster

New shelving in the pantry and room dividers in the counseling area were constructed, funded by a MODEL teams mini-grant.

JDRF

Livonia

Volunteers staffed raffle sales tables in Ford buildings to gather support for the Company JDRF initiative.

Boy Scouts D Bar A Ranch

Metamora

Volunteers assisted camp rangers in the care of the 1,700-acre Scout Ranch. Fences were repaired, the totem pole was painted, plus landscaping, painting, carpentry, and many other chores were completed.

Habitat for Humanity Monroe County

Monroe

Volunteers built a flooring system for a new home – a firm foundation for one lucky family.

Northville Community Foundation

Northville

A large wooden Ford-brand tractor and trailer playstructure was built on the grounds at Maybury Farm. Materials were purchased with a MODEL teams mini-grant.

Friends of the Rouge

Novi

Volunteers restored 1,000 feet of lake shore overrun with invasive plant species and planted 1,000 new native plants.

First Step

Plymouth

Volunteers constructed an outdoor equipment and storage shed at this domestic violence shelter for women and children.

Gleaners Community Food Bank

Pontiac

Volunteers sorted and organized donated goods at the Oakland County warehouse.

Lutheran Social Services Danish Village

Rochester Hills

Ford volunteers built a bocce ball court for residents 21–101 years old, giving the multi-generational residents a new activity to share. Materials were purchased with a MODEL teams grant.

Detroit Zoo

Royal Oak

End of summer garden bed clean-up chores.

Event Photographer

South East Michigan

Ford volunteers, talented in the art of photography, visited most of the S.E. Michigan September 14 project sites and captured the hard-working Ford volunteers in action.

Penrickton Center for Blind Children

Taylor

A new privacy fence was built to shield the playing children from a busy road. Funds were received via a MODEL teams mini-grant.

St. Vincent de Paul

Utica

Employee volunteers sorted and organized donated goods.

Community Housing Network

Waterford

Volunteers rehabilitated outdoor spaces, planting flowers, trees and shrubs.

Veteran’s Haven

Wayne

Employees sorted and organized donated goods and helped with their distribution to needy area veterans and their families.

Friends of Highland Recreation Services

White Lake

The gatehouse and entryway fencing was repaired and restored at this historic Ford family property.

Local School Children

Ypsilanti

School supplies were collected in the Rawsonville Plant for two weeks. The project was timed so employees could easily purchase extra items while school shopping for their own children.

Habitat for Humanity Huron Valley

Ypsilanti

Applied the interior and exterior finishing touches on a newly constructed single family home.

Open Door Mission

Omaha

Ford volunteers prepared sack lunches and staffed the SOS store.

God’s Love We Deliver

New Jersey

New Jersey volunteers delivered food.

University Settlement

Cleveland

Salaried employees from the Cleveland Manufacturing Site volunteered at University Settlement, which provides programs supporting children, family and senior services. Ford volunteers cleaned out a home in the Transitional Housing Program and made it ready for the next family in need.

Salvation Army

Lima

A group of volunteers from Lima Engine Plant worked together to help the Salvation Army of Lima, Ohio. Employees painted playground equipment, doors and railings, hung shelves, and spread mulch in play areas.

Susan G. Komen Cancer Awareness

Cincinnati

Employees participated in this annual event.

University Settlement

Cleveland

Salaried employees from the Cleveland Manufacturing Site volunteered at University Settlement, which provides a myriad of programs supporting children, family and senior services including: the Magic Johnson computer lab; a food pantry – the Hunger Center; a state-licensed daycare; drug prevention and after-school tutoring. Volunteers cleaned out a Transitional Housing Program home and made it ready for the next family in need.

Salvation Army

Lima

Employee volunteers improved the center’s playground by painting equipment and spreading mulch in the play spaces.

One Way Farm

Fairfield

Employee volunteers transferred day lilies from another farm to One Way Farm, for a public flower sale to raise funds for providing housing for children; volunteers also performed various jobs to improve the farm.

United Way & Kerr Street Ministries

The Oakville project, Fill Focus for Families, collected food, school supplies, and other essential items for needy families in their community.

Greater Pittsburg Community Food Bank

Pittsburgh

Volunteers inspected, sorted and repacked donated and purchased groceries for distribution to food bank clients.

Camp Boaco Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

At this camp for low-income families, employees from Ford du Canada Limitée Sales, Marketing, Parts & Service, Fleets and Customer Service departments scrubbed and polished the Daycare and Chapel buildings, painted a gazebo, cooked delicious and healthful food, washed windows, cleaned up garden beds and hiking trails, and spread yards of mulch. Families are referred by social service organizations and all enjoy the relaxing country setting.

Meals on Wheels

Greenville

Volunteers delivered meals to homebound citizens.

United Way – South Carolina

Greenville

Teams from the Greenville Business Center assembled themed baskets, which were auctioned off by GBC employees with proceeds going to United Way.

JDRF Walk

Greenville

The Greenville Business Center partnered, for the first time, with the Charlotte Region (serviced by the Colorado Springs Business Center) and Fairway Ford of Greenville for the walk and other fundraising events.

Junior Achievement

Greenville

Volunteers taught a one-hour class for six weeks, designed to inspire elementary and middle school children, teach them to value free enterprise, business and economics, and use the knowledge to improve the quality of their lives.

Oasis Center

Nashville

Ford volunteers from the Nashville Business Center helped assemble bikes, make scarves and put together hygiene kits at the Oasis Center. The Oasis Center offers safety and support to the area’s most vulnerable and disconnected young people, and helps them turn their lives in a positive direction.

Hands on Nashville and Shriner’s Hospital

Nashville

The Memphis Region team helped set up the annual Music City Festival and BBQ benefit that helps Hands on Nashville and Shriner’s Hospitals. They assembled and set up beverage pods, set up tables and stanchions for the attendees, and helped the BBQ participants in any way needed. Ford has a great relationship with Hands on Nashville, having worked with the organization during the Nashville flood cleanup in 2010.

San Antonio Food Bank

San Antonio

Volunteers inspected, sorted and repacked donated and purchased groceries for distribution to food bank clients.

North Texas Food Bank

Dallas

Ford ISC volunteers selected this area organization to assist.

Salvation Army Carloads of Care

Leesburg

Ford employees in Maryland and Virginia joined forces to provide life skills classes to shelter residents. Topics included safety, personal finance, and building credit.

King County Parks

Redmond

Ford volunteers beautified the base of the iconic windmill, a special area of the Clise Mansion in Marymoor, one of the King County Parks in Redmond, Washington – a suburb of Seattle. The ground was prepped, weeded and scores of flowers and trees were planted by Ford volunteers.

Entre Rios Primary School and Benavidez Community Kitchen

Buenos Aires

Ford employees at the Pacheco Plant collected clothing and food and delivered it to the 150 school children and to the community kitchen on the weekend.

Junior Achievement of Argentina

Buenos Aires

Twelve Pacheco Plant LL6+ employees volunteered for a shadowing program with the JA Foundation designed to help students in their last year of secondary school. Students shared a work day with management-level employees who demonstrated potential career opportunities.

Several schools in rural areas

Buenos Aires

Ford Argentina has an ongoing Clothing Collection Drive for gently used clothing. Four Pacheco Plant inter-area teams helped classify the items and package them for delivery.

Hemotherapy Institute of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

A successful blood collection drive was held with Pacheco Plant employees, which will help 120 individuals.

Habitat for Humanity of Argentina

Buenos Aires

Four brigades of 10 people each from the Pacheco Plant worked for three days to build houses for three low-income families.

Casa Cuna Progreso, Pos Chiquito

Oranjestad

R.E. Yrausquin & Sons dealership employees painted the interior and exterior of this special place in Oranjestad; a home for babies and children up to 8 years old unable to live at home for a variety of reasons such as poverty and ill health.

LITAC – Liga Tatuiana de Assistencia aos Cancerosos

São Paulo

Ford Tatui Proving Ground volunteers donated more than 300 packets of milk powder that will cover the institution’s needs for four months.

Lar Donato Flores

São Paulo

The Tatui Comitê de Cidadania taught 141 poor students about the environment and environmental protection, and gave each student a basket of items appropriate to the theme.

Lar Elbenezer – Santo Andre Orphanage

São Paulo

A special “Smile Day” was organized by Ford Credit Brazil – SBC and branches. The employees took 16 orphans to a recreation center for a day of play, haircuts, a special lunch, toys and dental check-ups including cleanings, and an oral hygiene gift bag.

Reciclando Entity

São Paulo

Taubate HR employees set up displays to help raise awareness and funds for this program that serves poor and homeless people in the community. Crafts and recycled items were exhibited and sold. Taubate HR employees set up displays to help raise awareness and funds for this program that serves poor and homeless people in the community. Crafts and recycled items were exhibited and sold.

Cayman Islands Humane Society

Volunteers from Vampt Motors helped care for animals, encouraged donations and helped promote awareness of abandoned animals and the work of the Humane Society.

Local school computer donation

NASA Nacional Automitriz staff collected 5% of sales and service receipts and used them to purchase eight computers for a local school for underprivileged children.

People with Intellectual Disabilities

Santo Domingo

The Grupo Viamar dealership supported a Celebrity Softball game featuring major league stars Alex Rodrihuez, Sammy Sosa, Juan Marichal, and Albert Pujols. The stars will play with young athletes having intellectual disabilities. The producer of the event is Raul Camilo and the songwriter is Frank Ceara.

Voluntarios Construyendo

Staff from the Grupo Gevesa dealership fixed a school for Down syndrome children funded by a percentage of parts and service sales.

Funded the construction of three homes

San Salvador

Gevesa employees donated $1 each week and customers gave voluntary contributions to fund the construction of three homes for poor families, each having five members.

Local lakeshore

The Excel Motors dealership donated $20 of every repair completed, and employees cleaned the shores of a nearby lake and planted 800 trees.

Un Techo Para Mi Pais (A Roof for My Country)

A house for a poor, homeless Hondurean family was funded and built by Dimasa employees. The dealership and proceeds from fund raising activities contributed the $3,000 needed.

Pilar Salinas School for the Blind

The Yude Canahuati dealership replaced the school’s 65-year-old waste water pipes with new larger capacity pipes to improve drainage, reduce environmental pollution and eliminate a health hazard.

Hogar Nuestra Senora

Distribuidora David dealership donated 20% of repair receipts to fund the project at a shelter, home to abused and neglected citizens. The facility received a new roof and interior ceilings, fresh paint in the common areas, and garden restoration.

Centro Maria de los Angeles

Children and young adults with spina bifida, brain damage, metabolic disorders, physical challenges and other syndromes benefited from donations from the Alcalde Auto Parts dealership. $1 was donated from every purchase and, on the last day of the special Drivers for Hope project, a special treat was given to the children and parents.

Hogar Albergue para Ninos Jesus de Nazaret, Inc.

During a month-long promotion, Mayaguez Ford contributed a portion of parts and service receipts, collected shoes, personal care items and clothing to help the abused children at the residential facility.

Ministeria Ayudando a Los Olvidados

The Autos Vegas Ford Parts & Service department donated $3 from every service pack during the month to help feed homeless people in the community. Twenty employees volunteered at the homeless shelter and served a special meal on October 15.

Muscular Dystrophy Association of Puerto Rico

The Caguas Expressway Motors dealership raised funds to purchase equipment for MD patients, by participating in the “Pulling the Plane” competition with other companies in Puerto Rico.

Sacred Heart Boys Primary School

McEnearney Motors employees painted the primary school, prior to the opening in September for student 5–12 years old. During Global Week a portion of the dealership’s revenue was used to purchase school supplies.

MPI Ter Heide Genk

Genk

Ford Genk volunteers cleaned up and restored trails and footpaths to make them accessible for wheelchairs at this home for developmentally and physically challenged people. They also repaired outside equipment.

The Basildon Disabled Sports Club

Dunton

The Dunton Front End Accessory Drives team rehabilitated the Sports Club for physically challenged individuals. The group rebuilt garden walls, rehabbed the garden, painted the sports hall walls and repaired the sports tables.

Ford Blue Oval Scholarship

London

Ford announced a major new £1 million UK university scholarship program in technical and innovation fields to mark 100 years of Ford’s commitment to the UK. The Ford Blue Oval Scholarship Program, will provide 100 student scholarships of £10,000 per student over a three-year period – one for each year of the company’s operation in the UK – at leading universities to encourage a new generation of engineers, scientists and innovators.

Luton Christian Fellowship

St. Albans

During a week-long event for underprivileged five- and six-year-olds, two Ford Credit employees from the St. Albans Service Centre organized sports and games for groups of 20 children at one time. Great fun was had by all.

Ravensbourne School

Dunton

Ninety children, 2–19 years old, with a wide range of educational needs including some with severe learning difficulties, have a freshly renovated school thanks to Dunton employees. A team from Powertrain & Program Purchasing repaired and redecorated classrooms and corridors, repaired and refurbished garden furniture, paths and extensive garden areas, and laid matting and wood bark along pathways.

Traffic Safety Week program “Shine in the Traffic”

Helsinki

Ford volunteers organized and presented a safety program for 10 and 12 year olds. They made personal reflectors and tested their visibility in the dark; checked their bicycles and learned how difficult it is for drivers of cars and trucks to see them; and had questions answered by traffic safety police. Ford, Ford dealers, and the Motor Industry Central Organization have distributed 50,000 reflectors throughout Finland, funded by the Henry Ford Trust.

Mentoring Project

Cologne

Ford Niel, E building west volunteers continued their three-year-long project of helping eight Cologne students, aged 14–16, make career choices and answered questions regarding school, and relationships.

Sieburg, Germany Kindergarten

Cologne

PD employees from Cologne built playground and outdoor exercise equipment to enhance the physical, social and mental development of the students. Existing outdoor facilities were redesigned to better meet the needs of the children.

ZAK: Cologne’s Children’s Circus

Cologne

The Sustainability, Environmental & Safety Engineering group renovated the circus grounds and improved ZAK’s facilities for the integrative work with children. Children and young people have the opportunity to move and develop a positive body image and self-confidence at this facility.

Naturgut Ophoven

Cologne

The Manufacturing Planning & Logistics employees rehabilitated areas of this program, teaching children the sustainable use of nature. The group built a wooden walkway over marshes and inspected and repaired the facilities.

Rodenkirchen Municipal Church, Community Center and Kindergarten

Cologne

A Complexity Management team from Cologne cleaned and repaired the Atrium, gardened, trimmed hedges and tidied the playground.

Breast Cancer Care

A 51-mile charity cycle ride from Glasgow to Edinburgh with 10 members of the SNIC ONE FORD team covered all functions. £2,500 was raised for Breast Cancer Care, who provides support for breast cancer sufferers and their families.

Parque Natural de la Albufera La Duna Fosil

Ford Valencia MP&L volunteers eliminated Carpobrotus, an invasive species, on a fossil sand dune and replanted native plants. Carpobrotus was once used to prohibit soil erosion, but now is choking out native growth.

A.A.D.I.S.A. Center for Mentally Handicapped

The Valencia team repaired and painted the walls of the center.

Servicio de Biodiversidad de la Conselleria de Medioambiente

Valencia Engine Plant employees inventoried and classified native and endangered plant species.

NGO Doctors of the World

Almussafes Cost Accounting Dept volunteers gave help to this organization that provides medical attention to poor people in outlying areas and abroad.

Macmillan Cancer Support

South Wales

Fifteen Bridgend Engine Plant employees walked 22 miles, with 1,000 other volunteers, along the Gower Peninsula on the south-west coast of Wales, raising funds to support cancer research and services to patients.

National Center of Blood Transfusion; Sector 30 Orphanage; Hospital of Azimmo Ouagadougou; Kinfanguin Village; Fabao Espoir of Ouag; Bangre Weogo Park

Ouagadougou

Volunteers in Ford Africa Motors donated time, funding and much love as they traveled in a procession of Ford vehicles, accompanied by National TV and other media. They visited environmental protection areas and neighborhoods where poor, elderly, neglected, abused, and homeless people live.

Beautification project – National Road #6

The great Model team of RMA-Cambodia planted over 1,340 tropical trees and native plant species along this main thoroughfare between the airport and downtown Siem reap.

Huanglong Hope Primary School

Nanjing

Research & Engineering employees earlier donated a library to the school and now donated and set up a PC room for students and staff. Discarded Ford PCs, laptops, network equipment, cables, tables and power supply relays were donated.

Nanjing Purple Mountain

Nanjing

The Research & Engineering Center staff cleared plastic, paper and miscellaneous trash from this natural area and the major roadway leading visitors to it.

Koncord Academy

Mechanical Lloyd Company Ltd dealership staff funded the drilling of a borehole and mounted a surface tank to access potable water for the students and staff at this school for children with mental and physical challenges.

Safety checks

The vehicles of three fleet customers of Mechanical Lloyd Company Ltd dealership – Ghana Customs (40 vehicles), Ecobank (8 vehicles) and Equilease (26) – all received free service and safety check-ups. Every Ford technician participated in this Saturday event at the main office of each customer. A Sales and Customer Service and a Management representative were also at each site.

Panchayat Union Primary School

Chennai

FBSC, KCT Tech Park employees cleaned a school for underprivileged children near Saravanampatti, CBE; renovated the gardens by laying 250 white bricks; and donated mats for the comfort of study groups; motivated the students with good human awareness stories; and provided entertainment for all with a few games and fun activities.

Saranalaya Orphanage

Chennai

At the orphanage the IT group provided meals to the residents, provided gently used clothing collected in their building, and organized a general medical check-up for the orphaned children.

Hospital equipment purchase

Amman

FME Commercial & Industrial Co. dealership donated $20,000 USD to a local hospital for renovations and the purchase of critical new equipment.

Ulu Primary School

One hundred adolescent girls from impoverished backgrounds will benefit from a special drive by CMC Motors Group Ltd that will collect undergarments and basic sanitary supplies for them.

St. Joseph Village

Seoul

The Parts & Service department of Sunin Motor Co. donated 5% of total parts sales ($9,000 to the aged, disabled, homeless and sick residents. Volunteers cleaned and washed the residence, harvested rice and peppers, and donated firewood.

Orphanage

At an orphanage 20km from the Lao Ford City dealership, Aftersales department employees donated clothing, teaching aids and gifts, and repaired and renovated the playground, bedrooms and bathrooms for the 60 young residents.

Public primary school in Masinandriana

Masinandriana

The Materauto dealership funded the building of a new canteen, supervised by a building contractor. The dealership and employees then provided cooking utensils and stocked the shelves with nutritious food for the 300 students.

Selangor, Petaling Jaya

Selangor

Sime Darby Auto Connexion employees visited the poor, homeless orphans at the House of Hope in Selangor.

Area homeless and orphans

Selangor

Sime Darby Auto donated 15% of Service Dept receipts to programs serving homeless people and orphans in the nearby communities.

Onigbongbo Primary Health Center

The Briscoe Ford dealership employees educated citizens on the menace of malaria and provided mosquito nets to combat the spread of the disease. The group also donated drugs and other sanitary items to the community via the Health Center.

SOS Children’s Village, Little Saint Orphanage, Compassionate Orphanage, Living Fountain Orphanage

Lagos

Coscharis Motors Marketing department volunteers visited the orphanages and engaged in community development programs.

Baranggay

The Ford team promoted a clean and green environment by planting trees, donating trash cans, and educating the community about waste segregation. The community was identified as the beneficiary of FIP employees’ social program.

Tala Elementary School and Agos Elementary School

Employees helped provide a better education for Batang AETA by providing school supplies to poor native Filipino students in their community.

Mary Mother of Mercy Home

A home for abandoned elderly people received assistance with basic needs: medicine, groceries and other items. This is an ongoing project for this Ford team.

Run for a Cause

A fundraiser was held to help provide medical care for the ill.

Walk for Health

CNMI Joeten Motor Company, Inc. dealership employees encouraged the entire community to join them in the “Fresh Air – Friendships – Feel the Difference Walk for Health”. The goal was to help promote healthful lifestyles and demonstrate how health walks are a cost-effective way to improve the nation’s health.

Municipal FANN Hospital

Dakar

A percentage of L’Africaine de L’Automobile service receipts funded the construction of a proper reception space in the hospital serving HIV-infected children. Volunteers from the Parts & Service department constructed the chamber.

School for Blind Children

Ford volunteers spent the day at a school for blind children, bringing in supplies to help the school and students.

Le Amogetswe Safe Home

Pretoria

The Human Resources team helped paint and provided general maintenance work at Le Amogetswe Safe Home, a home for abandoned children based in Atteridgeville.

Clean-up Campaign

Pretoria

The Global Week of Caring ended with a company-wide initiative, with employees taking part in projects to improve the environment in and around the Ford Assembly Plant.

Veeplaas Funduzufe Creche

Port Elizabeth

A project begun in 2010 by the Straundale Engine Plant Wellness team to repair the crèche mobile homes was completed over a two-day blitz build by Wellness team members.

Triomf Primary School

Port Elizabeth

Straundale Engine Plant HR, MP and L team employees provided after-school care for primary school children at a school needing extra help to closely supervise and keep the children safe after hours.

Lovuyo School for Disabled

Port Elizabeth

Continuing their six-year involvement with this school, the SEP management team provided much-needed meals to the special needs students. In addition, a jungle gym was installed and special provisions were made to take the 42 students and their caregivers to the Addo Elephant Park.

Lapumilanga Wellness Orphan Centre

A project begun in 2010 to repair the Centre’s mobile homes was completed over a 3-day-long build by Wellness team members in Straundale.

SOS Children’s Village

Pretoria

Employees from Ford Credit assisted with gardening and general maintenance work at one of the homes housing 10 abandoned children at the SOS Children’s Villages in Mamelodi.

Horizon Care Centre

Pretoria

Employees treated the mentally and physically disabled children with a special outing to a bird and animal farm, which entertained and delighted the children.

Dunduzela Home for Abandoned Children

Pretoria

Product Development employees added finishing touches to the ablution facilities built in 2010. The next day the children were treated to an outing at the Rietvleidam Nature Reserve and a barbeque at the end of the day.

Circle of Life

Pretoria

FMCSA employees painted the facility and repaired the kitchen, replaced outside taps and fire extinguishers, and distributed food packages to the children with HIV-AIDS, including some orphans.

Viva SA – Mamelodi

Pretoria

A daycare for underprivileged families, orphans and vulnerable children was repaired and painted by Marketing & Sales volunteers; vegetable garden beds were tended; and some work was done in the workshop that will become a bicycle factory.

Yongan Harbor coast

Nine hundred people on the Ford Lio Ho Motor Company volunteer team conducted a coastal clean-up. The coordinators first promoted awareness of coastal protection with a special program for employees, and then invited all employees and local governmental representatives and the entire community to join the effort.

District of USA River

The entire Arusha community, and USA River District orphans and low-income families were helped by Hughes Motors during their month-long project. A percentage of parts and service receipts funded a community day and a special football match.

Wat Chalermlap School

Chonburi Province

Ford Thailand employees renovated the school building, library, play ground and basketball court, donated equipment and hosted lunch and fun activities for the children.

Mukuvisi Woodlands Park

Harare

Duly Motors dealership employees repaired leaking ponds for the exotic and endangered birds and fish at this environment and animal conservation site.