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Arizona
American Red Cross, Phoenix/Mesa
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Will host a Blood Drive. Contact: Kathleen Pierce - kpierce6@ford.com United Way Penny Wars, Phoenix/Mesa
Date: September 4, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Work teams will collect change and compete to collect the highest total. Contact: Kathleen Pierce - kpierce6@ford.com Race for the Cure, Phoenix/Mesa
Date: September 4, 2007 - September 14, 2007 Description: Sign-up participants for the event. Contact: Kathleen Pierce - kpierce6@ford.com Race for the Cure Bake Sale, Phoenix/Mesa
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: The NRC Professional Women's Network will bake goodies. Contact: Kathleen Pierce - kpierce6@ford.com Back to the top California Malaria No More, Irvine
Date: September 4, 2007 - September 7, 2007 Description: Raising funds for Malaria No More to purchase bed nets for African children. Two million children die of malaria each year. Contact: Steve Dubiansky - sdubians@ford.com 2nd Harvest Food Bank, Orange
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: In-house food drive to benefit the agency. Contact: Bob Tarlton - btarlton@ford.com 2nd Harvest Food Bank, Irvine &/or Santa Ana
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: In-house food drive to benefit the agency. Contact: Bob Tarlton - btarlton@ford.com Open Heart Kitchen, Livermore
Date: September 6, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Group will participate as Hot Meals Kitchen helpers and in the Box Lunch Prep area. They will set up dining room, prep food, serve guests, clean-up, and pack 1,000 box lunches. Contact: Amy Morgan - amorga53@ford.com Yosemite National Park
Back to the top Colorado Harrison School District, Colorado Springs
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: School supply drive for needy children. Contact: Jefferson Nash - jnash7@ford.com Dreampower Ranch, Denver
Date: September 27, 2007 Description: Ford Lincoln group groomed horses, exercised dogs, and repaired fences at a rescue/adoption organization for elderly and infirm animals. Contact: Mary Ann Wanker - mwanker@ford.com Back to the top Florida Quantum Leap Farm Therapeutic & Recreational Horseback Riding, Odessa (Ford Credit)
Date: September 8, 2007 Description: General barn clean-up for organization that serves adults with disabilities. Prepare fund raising mailings. Contact: Lindy Blythe - lblythe@ford.com American Heart & Stroke Assoc, Orlando
Date: September 28, 2007 - September 29, 2007 Description: Survivors of strokes & heart disease participating in a "Heart Walk" to raise money for research, will sign the "Victory Wall" at finish line created by Ford employees. Contact: Liz Smith - esmit420@ford.com Special Olympics, Orlando/Lakeland
Date: To be Determined Description: Coach & assist athletes during the games. Contact: Jennifer Huff - jhuff26@ford.com Back to the top Georgia Battered Women's Shelter, Atlanta
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: SRO will collect needed items and deliver them during GWofC. Contact: Debra Wise - dmoor103@ford.com Brookhaven Boys & Girls, Atlanta
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Spent an afternoon playing games & helping children with homework. Contact: Raechel Bowman - rbowma40@ford.com Back to the top Michigan Alzheimer Memory Walk, Detroit
Date: TBD Description: Raise funds through pledges for walkers for research. Contact: Karen Gaffney - kgaffne1@ford.com Angela Hospice, Livonia
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Tend flower beds, trim bushes and general clean-up. Contact: Carlo Marzolo - cmarzolo@ford.com Angels' Place, Bloomfield Hills
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Complete house interior & landscaping chores. Contact: David Behnke - dbehnke@ford.com Angels' Place, Southfield
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Collect personal hygiene items and school supplies. Contact: Carolyn Comai - ccomai@ford.com American Red Cross, Dearborn
Date: September 4, 2007 9am-5pm Description: Blood Drive Where: Sigma 6 American Red Cross, Dearborn
Date: September 4, 2007 9am-3pm Description: Blood Drive Where: Rotunda Bldg 3 American Red Cross, Dearborn
Date: September 5, 2007 7am-6pm Description: Blood Drive Where: ATNPC American Red Cross, Dearborn
Date: September 5, 2007 9am-3pm Description: Blood Drive Where: Experimental Vehicles American Red Cross, Dearborn
Date: September 7, 2007 9am-3pm Description: Blood Drive Where: FBP3 American Red Cross, Dearborn
Date: September 10, 2007 12pm-6pm Description: Blood Drive Where: Dynamometer Arts & Scraps, Detroit
Date: August 31, 2007 Description: Organize recycled industrial scraps into inexpensive creative material packets. (16 hr prog) Contact: Anne Sherman - asherman@ford.com Arts & Scraps, Detroit
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Organize recycled industrial scraps into inexpensive creative material packets. (16 hr prog) Contact: Julie Dimopulos - jdimopul@ford.com Arts & Scraps, Detroit
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Organize recycled industrial scraps into inexpensive creative material packets. Contact: Denise La Duke - dladuke@ford.com Belle Isle Conservatory, Anna Scripps Whitcomb, Detroit
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Helping to restore a historic Detroit landmark. Contact: Dale Kelly- dkelly89@ford.com Boys & Girls Republic, Farmington
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Light construction, grounds maintenance, painting at residential treatment center for youth. Contact: Bruce Pierce - bpierce@ford.com Boys Scouts of America, Metamora
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Trail and grounds maintenance, & painting at D-bar-A Scout Ranch. Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Serve meals & socialize with visitors. Contact: Angela Sakulidis - asakulid@ford.com Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Serve meals & socialize with visitors. Contact: Butch Haesche - whaesche@ford.com Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Serve meals & socialize with visitors. Children's Aid Society, Detroit
Date: August 27, 2007 Description: Serve meals & socialize with visitors. Contact: Rob Mossel - rmossel@ford.com The Children's Center, Detroit
Date: September 3, 2007 Description: FAAN & Children's Center are partnering to collect school supplies & backpacks for 1000's of SE. Michigan children. Contact: Saundra Lamb - slamb@ford.com The Children's Center, Sterling Hgts
Date: August 13, 2007 - August 31, 2007 Description: Backpack collection for children by the salaried personnel for the plant. Contact: Kimball Lyman - rklyman@ford.com The Children's Center, Detroit
Date: September 3, 2007 Description: Collect new backpacks & school supplies for children in S.E. Michigan. Contact: Sara LeVan - slevan@ford.com Children's Hospital of MI, Detroit
Date: August 31, 2007 Description: Friendly visiting with patients. (16 hr prog) Contact: Anothony Ha - aha@ford.com Children's Hospital of MI, Detroit
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Annual Pine Car Derby, Online Auction, & donations for hospital programs. Children's Hospital of MI, Detroit
Date: TBD Description: Friendly visiting with patients. (16 hr prog) Contact: LaWanda Syroid - lsyroid@ford.com Christ Child House 16 hr, Detroit
Date: September 13, 2007 Description: Coordinate auditions for youth 8 - 18 years old. Contact: Sandra Graham - sgraham@ford.com Community Opportunity Center, Livonia
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Provide assistance to an organization providing housing for developmentally disabled adults. Contact: Judy Haggerty - djhaggert@ford.com Dearborn Youth Symphony, Dearborn
Date: September 10, 2007 Description: Coordinate auditions for youth 8 - 18 years old. Contact: Matt Schick - mschick@ford.com Detroit Zoo, Detroit
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: Rehabilitate garden beds and do autumn clean-up chores. Contact: Anne Sherman - asherman@ford.com Detroit Zoo, Detroit
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Rehabilitate garden beds and do autumn clean-up chores. Contact: Dana Thomas - dthoma10@ford.com Detroit Zoo, Detroit
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Maintain garden beds at the zoo. Contact: Ara Kabodian - akabodi1@ford.com Children's Hospital of MI, Detroit
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Provided activities and companionship to the children visiting the activity rooms. Contact: Jennifer Watson - jwatso30@ford.com Food Gatherers, Detroit
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: Sort & package food for agencies distributing food to area poor & hungry people. Contact: John Bonasso - jbonasso@ford.com Genesis Christian Academy- Ypsi, Ypsilanti
Date: September 5, 2007 - September 7, 2007 Description: The playground will be leveled and rubberized mulch will be installed. Contact: Terrence Pettus - tpettus@ford.com Gleaners Community Food Bank, Detroit
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Sort & package food for agencies distributing food to area poor & hungry people. Contact: Patty Thompson - pthomp53@ford.com & Anne McNarney - amcnarne@ford.com Grandmont Rosedale Development Corp, Detroit
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Repair of buildings and landscaping in a historic urban Detroit neighborhood. Contact: Bradley Gayton - bgayton@ford.com Greening of Detroit, Detroit
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Reforestation of an urban area. Contact: Curtis Hargrove - chargrov@ford.com Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build - 2007, Detroit
Date: September 4, 2007 - September 7, 2007 Description: Will help to build 8 homes for low income families. Contact: Habitat for Humanity - Macomb County, Macomb County
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Will perform neighborhood clean-up and structural surveys in one of the Habitat neighborhoods. Contact: Kimball Lyman - rklyman@ford.com & Barbara Allen - baalen42@ford.com Henry Ford Estate, Dearborn
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Maintain historic Estate garden & grounds. Contact: Darrel Rande - drande@ford.com Henry Ford Estate, Dearborn
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Maintain historic Estate garden & grounds. Contact: Christina Nguyen - cnguyen@ford.com Humanitarian Day in Detroit - 9/29, Dearborn
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Fund raising lunch organized by Ford Interfaith Network for Islamic Relief's effort to purchase clothing, hygiene packs, blankets, etc. for homeless in Detroit. Contact: Rashid Taufiq - rtaufiq@ford.com Kensington Metro Pk - Farm Learning Center, Dearborn
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Rehab projects on farm buildings. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Madison Heights
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Pack supply bags for clients & help with mailings. Contact: Matthew Roseman - mrosema1@ford.com Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Madison Heights
Date: September 13, 2007 Description: Pack supply bags for clients & help with mailings. Contact: Anne Sherman - asherman@ford.com Maple Hgts Retirement Community, Detroit
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Homemade desserts served to elderly residents. Conversation too. Contact: Karen Gaffney - kgaffne1@ford.com Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Nature trail grooming at U of MI gardens. Contact: Karen Tripp- ktripp@ford.com Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Nature trail grooming at U of MI gardens. Contact: Arun Veeraraghavan- varun@ford.com Meals on Wheels, Dearborn
Date: TBD Description: Deliver meals to homebound elderly and disabled people. Contact: Kay (K.L.) Lowry - klowry4@ford.com Meals on Wheels, Dearborn
Date: September 5, 2007 - September 7, 2007 Description: Deliver meals to homebound elderly and disabled people. Contact: Jennifer Zanoni - jzanoni@ford.com Northville Community Foundation-Maybury Farm, Northville
Date: August 30, 2007 Description: Painting, carpentry, & landscaping projects. 16 hr Northville Community Foundation-Maybury Farm, Northville
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Painting, carpentry, barn maintenance, gardening, fence repair and building. Contact: William Whitlock - wwhitloc@ford.com Northville Community Foundation-Maybury Farm, Northville
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Painting, carpentry, & landscaping projects. 16 hr Contact: Anne Sherman - asherman@ford.com Oakwoods- Huron Clinton Metro Park, Flat Rock
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Rehabilitation of nature trails and removing invasive species. Oakwoods- Huron Clinton Metro Park, Flat Rock
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Removing invasive species and rehabilitating nature trails. Contact: Carolyn Comai - ccomai@ford.com The Parade Company, Detroit
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Help build and rehabilitate floats and character heads for the Thanksgiving Day Parade Contact: Amy Deciechi - adeciec1@ford.com The Parade Company, Detroit
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Help build and rehabilitate floats and character heads for the Thanksgiving Day Parade Contact: Debra Drzewiecki - ddrzewie@ford.com Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Detroit
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Chores will be performed at the Home to benefit the residents. Ypsilanti Public Schools, Ypsilanti
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Rawsonville Plant will collect school supplies for local schools. Contact: Bridgette Rosek - brosek@ford.com SOS (South Oakland Shelter), West Bloomfield
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 9, 2007 Description: Provide one week of shelter, meals, socialization, healthcare services, childcare and transportation to 40 homeless people at a church. Contact: Robert Meyer - rmeyer2@ford.com St. Anne's Mead Retirement Home, Southfield
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Employees will be paired with seniors (in wheelchairs) for a day at the Detroit Zoo. Contact: Amy Papernik - apaperni@ford.com St. Leo's Soup Kitchen, Detroit
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Serve meals & socialize with visitors. Contact: Mike Imirie - mimirie@ford.com St. Leo's Soup Kitchen, Detroit
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Serve meals & socialize with visitors. Contact: Angela Sakulidis - asakulid@ford.com St. Leo's Soup Kitchen, Detroit
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Food drive to collect durable, nonperishable food items for St. Leo's. Contact: Mike Imirie - mimirie@ford.com St. Leo's Soup Kitchen, Detroit
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Serve meals & socialize with visitors. Contact: Mike Imirie - mimirie@ford.com St. Mary's Hospital, Garden City
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: A member of Dr. Paws - dog therapy program will take one of his dogs to entertain the patients and the staff. Contact: Albert Bruder So. East Michigan Land Conservancy, Ypsilanti
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Removing invasive species, clean-up woods, repair & install bluebird boxes and posts. Contact: Apoorv Agarwal - aagarwa1@ford.com Starfish, Inkster
Date: September 13, 2007 Description: Tend the garden and mulch playground, read to the children and other projects. Contact: Donna Dowd - ddowd@ford.com Model T- Plex, Detroit
Date: September 10, 2007 Description: Restoration work on the original Model T plant in Detroit. Contact: Anne Sherman - asherman@ford.com Turning Point Domestic Violence Shelter, Mt. Clemens
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Women in Manufacturing hosting a drive for new & used items for women & children. Contact: Pat Triggs - ptriggs@ford.com Vista Maria, Detroit
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Sponsoring a drive for basic items needed by the girls living at Vista Maria; toiletries, socks, brushes, etc. Contact: Linda Cleveland - lclevela@ford.com Vista Maria, Detroit
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: Mentoring youth, play games,etc. Contact: Anne Sherman - asherman@ford.com Vista Maria, Detroit
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Campus beautification at a treatment facility for high-risk girls, 11 - 17 yrs. Contact: Michael Olree - molree@ford.com World Medical Relief, Detroit
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Sort and package donated medical instruments, medication & supplies to be donated locally & abroad. Contact: Christina Nguyen - cnguyen@ford.com St. Leo's Soup Kitchen, Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Salvation Army, Forgotten Harvest, COTS, Food Gatherers & Gleaners Community Food Bank, Dearborn
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Fill a Ford with Food. At World Headquarters, each day the trunk of a different display vehicle in the lobby will be open for food donations and donated to the non-profits dedicated to addressing hunger present at the Non-profit Fair on Sep 11. Contact: Carolyn Comai - ccomai@ford.com William Grace Elementary School, Farmington Hills
Date: August 13, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: School supply drive for needy children. Contact: Jill Baker - jbaker17@ford.com The Nature Conservancy, Tecumseh
Date: September 14, 2007 Description: Engineers from Vehicle Environmental Engineering spent a day at The Nature Conservancy's Ives Road Fen. Led by a Ford retiree, now a Conservancy volunteer, they successfully cleared a wide swath of invasive buckthorn. Contact: Marie Wilson - mwilso18@ford.com St. Mary's Outreach Center, Wayne
Date: August 13, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Michigan Truck Plant filled and delivered 3 truckloads of Non-perishable food. Contact: Denise Sims - dsims6@ford.com Back to the top Nevada Wounded Warriors - American Legion Post 8, Henderson
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Collect toiletries, gift cards, etc. for families traveling, on short notice, to hospitals where their wounded soldiers are recovering. Contact: Daniel Sprouse - dsprous1@ford.com 1-800-201-1045 ext. 19630 Habitat for Humanity, Las Vegas
Date: September 12, 2007 Description: Build homes for needy families. Contact: Habitat for Humanity, Las Vegas
Date: September 12, 2007 Description: Build homes for needy families. Contact: Back to the top Ohio Canned Food Drive, Cleveland
Date: September 4, 2007 - September 7, 2007 Description: Diversity Council volunteers will collect donations of canned food from all plant employees and retirees. Contact: Celeste Jones - cjone182@ford.com Dress for Success/City Mission, Cleveland
Date: September 4, 2007 - September 7, 2007 Description: Clothing Drive to obtain "professional" clothing for disadvantaged women for interviews & work. Contact: Celeste Jones - cjone182@ford.com Salvation Army - West Park Corps Community Center, Cleveland
Date: September 5, 2007 Description: Organize & distribute food to clients. Contact: Celeste Jones - cjone182@ford.com Lakewood YMCA Full Day Preschool Program, Cleveland
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: Children were read stories, entertained with animated voices & audience participation activities. Contact: Celeste Jones - cjone182@ford.com & Christine (C.) Sapp Christine (C.) Johnny Appleseed Park District, Lima
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Johnny Appleseed Park District. Contact: Carole Roberts - croberts@ford.com Community Emergency Drill, Sharonville
Date: September 4, 2007 - September 7, 2007 Description: Act as victims in an emergency response drill. Contact: St. Vincent's Hosp, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: Pediatric Therapy Clinic or Hippotherapy (horse riding with children with disabilities). Contact: East End Neighborhood House, Cleveland
Date: September 6, 2007 & September 11, 2007 Description: Cut overgrown brush at school providing before and after care, a preschool and meals and social activities for seniors. Contact: Christine Sapp - csapp@ford.com Malachi House, Cleveland
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 7, 2007 Description: Fill a Ford with Food - car donated by Williams Ford in Berea. Contact: Christine Sapp - csapp@ford.com Back to the top South Carolina Greenville Housing Authority, Greenville
Date: September Description: Back-to-school campaign to collect and distribute school supplies. Contact: Tim Lockaby - wlockaby@ford.com Blood Connection, Greenville
Date: September Description: Blood Drive by Ford Credit Greenville Business Center. Contact: Tim Lockaby - wlockaby@ford.com Greenville Housing Authority, Greenville
Date: September Description: "Back to School" Campaign gave school supplies and back packs for 115 children. Contact: Meredith Libbey - mlibbey@ford.com Salvation Army, Greenville
Date: September Description: Food drive of non-perishable items. Contact: Tim Lockaby - wlockaby@ford.com Back to the top Tennessee J.L. Clay Senior Center, Franklin
Date: TBD Description: Nashville CRC will cleanup the Center and the grounds in Franklin, Tennessee. Contact: Meredith Libbey - libbey@ford.com Books from Birth, Cordova
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Sign-up children & families to receive free books each month. Contact: Camron Sawczyn - csawczyn@ford.com JDRF Walk, Nashville
Our Kids, Nashville
Date: TBD Description: An event to support Our Kids, a treatment Center for sexually abused children. Contact: Jane Ames - james2@ford.com JDRF "Ride for the Cure", Nashville
Date: September 30, 2007 Description: Ford Motor Cycle Club, Nashville chapter, rode 50 miles and raised over $4,000 for JDRF. Contact: Meredith Libbey - mlibbey@ford.com Back to the top Texas North Texas Food Bank, Dallas
Date: September 5, 2007 - September 6, 2007 Description: Sort food in the warehouse and ready it for distribution. Contact: Eddie Coleman - jcolema6@ford.com Bryan's House, Dallas
Date: September 10, 2007 Description: Help with drinks and monitoring games at a golf tournament to benefit children with HIV/AIDS in the Dallas area. Contact: Eddie Coleman - jcolema6@ford.com Basket Lunch sale for JDRF, Irving
Date: August 31, 2007 Description: Hot link & hot dog basket lunch and chips, dessert & drink- food donated by the VL/AS/OE/L&D depts. Contact: Eddie Coleman - jcolema6@ford.com JDRF- Fall Benefit Auction, Irving
Date: September 4, 2007 - September 10, 2007 Description: Auction baskets made & donated by employees including items from Home Depot, Bath & Body Works, & Blockbuster, etc. Contact: Eddie Coleman - jcolema6@ford.com Back to the top Argentina Blood Donation, Buenos Aires
Date: September 15, 2007 Description: Pacheco Plant volunteers donated blood. Garrahan Foundation, Buenos Aires
Date: September 2007 Description: Employees collected and donated 30 tons of paper to the most important foundation serving children in Argentina. Material Recycling, Buenos Aires
Date: September 2007 Description: Materials recycled by employees is donated and used to repair the exteriors of houses for needy citizens. Junior Achievement students, Buenos Aires
Date: September 2007 Description: Fifteen students shadowed one of the professional staff to learn about the potential careers available to them. La Tapa School No. 900, Buenos Aires
Date: September 2007 Description: Collected and delivered clothing, a generator, and ceiling tiles to the school in Santiago. Maria Santisima de la Luz School, Buenos Aires
Date: September 2007 Description: Volunteers read to the children of the school in grades 1, 2 and 4 as part of the Reading is Fundamental program. A los Corazones, Buenos Aires
Date: September 2007 Description: Volunteers collected funds and purchased 5.6 tons of food and delivered it to organizations feeding the hungry. Back to the top Australia Salvation Army Camp Bambara
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: Stack wood, establish a garden, road maintenance and installation of water tanks. Contact: Cheryl McKenzie - cmckenz1@ford.com Ardoch Youth Foundation
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Tabloid Sports Afternoon. Support rotating sports games; ball games, 3 legged races, etc., at Geelong East Primary School. Contact: Cheryl McKenzie - cmckenz1@ford.com Karingal Day Programs
Date: September 5, 2007 Description:Help caregivers provide a day trip for clients to a National Park; help with BBQ, ball games and bocce ball. Contact: Cheryl McKenzie - cmckenz1@ford.com Noah's Ark Northern
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Ford Australia Manufacturing & Finance personnel rehabilitated the play areas and gardens. Contact: Kel (K.) Kearns - kkearns@ford.com Back to the top Brazil Volunteering Week
Date: October 1, 2007 - October 5, 2007 Description: Employees of Ford, Embassy and 50 other companies to volunteer. Ambassador Clifford Sobel is pushing the project. Contact: Adriane Rocha - arocha26@ford.com Back to the top Canada "FILL an EDGE a DAY" Food Drive, Oakville, Ontario
Date: Description: All employees will fill an Edge each day with food for a local food pantry. Contact: Computers for Kids, Ontario
Date: Description: Provide refurbished computers to underprivileged kids in Windsor & Essex counties in Ontario. Contact: Habitat for Humanity Halton
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Ford of Canada's Fleet department built houses. Contact: Bill Osborne Moisson Montreal Food Bank, Montreal
Date: Description: Made food baskets at the food bank. Contact: Bill Osborne Back to the top Costa Rica Primary School, San Jose
Date: September 8, 2007 Description: Donated doors and installed them and painted classrooms and hallways. Contact: Rita Solis- rsolis3@ford.com Back to the top England Sudden Adult Death Trust (SADS), Essex
Date: September 2, 2007 Description: Set up the exhibition stand and slide shows for the Great British Duck Race. Contact: www.sadsuk.org Pitsea Junior School, Essex
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: Dedication of garden area including raised gardens, pergolas, paths, porches, mosaic tile decorations on walls, bird boxes and feeding stations built by 60 engineers. Contact: James Killick - jkillick@ford.com Back to the top Germany German Volunteering Week
Date: September 10, 2007 - September 14, 2007 Description: TBD Contact: Back to the top Korea Social Welfare Orphanage
Date: September 8, 2007 Description: Repair and paint the children's recreation facilities including the slides and benches. Contact: Bongseok Han - bhan1@ford.com & Jae H. Jung - jjung1@ford.com Back to the top Honduras Orphan Center, San Pedro Sula
Date: Description: Donated mattresses, pillows & other life necessities. Hosted a party with gifts for chilren left orphaned by HIV-AIDS . Contact: Rita Solis- rsolis3@ford.com Back to the top India Anbumalar School for Mentally Differently Abled, Chennai
Date: September 3, 2007 Description: Tend the gardens and outdoor spaces at this school for mentally differently abled people. Corporation Girls Hr Sec Senoy Nagar, Chennai
Date: September 3, 2007 Description: Group will donate tube lights and clean the School. Advent Christian Middle School, Chennai
Date: September 3, 2007 Description: Group will paint the black boards at the School. Guild of Service, Chennai
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: Group will volunteer at a Medical Camp for the physically differently abled. Blood Collection, Chennai
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Donations will be collected at the Ford offices in Chennai. Dhavathiru Nagamani Adigal School, Chennai
Date: September 9, 2007 Description: Group will tend the garden and outdoor spaces at the School. Community Health Education Society (CHES Chennai), Chennai
Date: September 3, 2007 Description: FBSC, ADSAP, & FIPL (RO) offices donated $2500 to help support AIDS affected children - Ford Cares Fair. Amar Seva Sangam , Chennai
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Team helped disabled children in a rehabilitation facility. Contact: Manjo Bhadani - mbhadani@ford.com Back to the top Indonesia Emmanuel Foundation, Jakarta
Date: September 2007 Description: Sponsored Make Every Kid's Day Exciting: gave 85 kids a picnic, games, gifts and a trip to a Botanical Garden. Contact: Bambang Priandoyo - ydayani@ford.com Back to the top Mexico Dentist & Physician Brigade, Cuautitlan Izcalli
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Provide worm treatments, dental fluoride treatments, & counseling for poor (especially unmarried mothers & kids). Contact: Mexico City Park, Mexico City
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Assist with the cleaning & reforestation of Mexico City Park. Contact: Ulises Perez - uperezes@ford.com Fundacion Comparte Vida - Share A Life Foundation, Mexico City
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Employees will donate blood to help find "matches" for people who need bone marrow transplants. Contact: Angelica Rojano - arojano1@ford.com Charity Mile, Mexico City Ford Credit
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Collect one mile worth of food, clothing, toys, etc.for local orphans & senior citizens. Contact: Angelica Rojano - arojano1@ford.com Fundacion Comparte Vida Share A Life Foundation, DF Ford Credit Mexico
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Helping with blood typing - find "matches" for bone marrow transplant candidates. Contact: Andrea Munoz - amunoz21@ford.com Peru Earthquake Relief, DF
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Will raise funds and donate proceeds to relief efforts in Peru. Contact: Andrea Munoz - amunoz21@ford.com DIF Municipal Charity Breakfast, Chihua, Chih
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: In-Plant campaign to raise funds to purchase breakfasts for needy children. Contact: Sarai Leyva - sleyva@ford.com Escuela Primaria "Richardo Flores Magon", Hermosillo
Date: September 4, 2007 Description: 123 children were given uniforms and school supplies purchased by Ford of Hermosillo with proceeds of fund drive. local Orphanage, Cuatitlan Izcalli
Date: September 11, 2007 Description: Help a local orphanage by giving collected products. Contact: Cinthia Cordoba - ccordob3@ford.com Tarahumaras community (local Indian tribe), Chihuahua
Date: September 2007 Description: Union members at the Engine Plant, Bldg 8303, collected $6,600 worth of food for a local Indian tribe, the Tarahumaras community. Contact: Sarai Leyra - sleyva@ford.com Ford employees and the local community, Hermosillo
Date: September 13, 2007 Description: HSAP Emergency Respoonse Teams, all ERTS of plants and suppliers met to form emergency response plans for the community and organize emergency simulations. State Blood Bank, Hermosillo
Date: September 9, 2007 Description: Hermosillo Stamping & Assembly Plant Blood Donation Club gave over 100 pints of blood. Back to the top Panama Orphanage & Food Center, Panama City
Date: September 8, 2007 Description: Donated food and non-perishable items to the children and hosted a party for the residents. Contact: Rita Solis- rsolis3@ford.com Back to the top Philippines Haribon Foundation & Clean and Green, Manila
Date: September 1, 2007 Description: Plant 600 trees in Rizal National Park. Mayor of Manila & former 1st lady, Amelita Ramos, will attend. Philippines Children's Medical Center, Quezon City
Date: September 3, 2007 Description: Blood drive for children with cancer. "I Volunteer" projects at various non-profit agencies, metro Manila. Laguna, Cavite, & Batangas
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 5, 2007 Description: Launch the "I Volunteer" program connecting Ford volunteers with non-profit groups addressing the environment, culture, education and health & safety. Mary Mother of Mercy Home for the Elders, Laguna
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: In-kind & cash donations to purchase medicine, food & other necessities. Walk for a Cause, Barangay San Jose, Tarlac
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Proceeds to: Aeta (indigenous) students of Jeanie School & Mother of Mercy Home for the Elders. Contact: Joseph Marundan - jmarunda@ford.com Medical & Dental Mission, Laguna
Date: September 8, 2007 Description: Provide free check-ups, tooth extraction, & medicine. Plus, nutrition seminar & story hour for children. Gawad Kalinga, Manila
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Escorted 25 impoverished children to a Children's Museum and then a party at a local restaurant. Contact: Rochelle Castro - rcastr24@ford.com Back to the top Puerto Rico Fill an Edge (at Amigo Salinas), Salinas
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Food Drives at Amigo Supermarkets to collect food and goods for a program providing food and services to HIV positive population. Contact: Jessica Y. Pazos - pazos@ford.com Fill an Edge (at Amigo Caguas), Caguas
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Food Drives at Amigo Supermarkets to collect food and goods for a program providing food and services to HIV positive population. Contact: Jessica Y. Pazos - pazos@ford.com Fill an Edge (at Amigo Luquillo), Luquillo
Date: September 8, 2007 Description: Food Drives at Amigo Supermarkets to collect food and goods for a program providing food and services to HIV positive population. Contact: Jessica Y. Pazos - pazos@ford.com Fill an Edge (at Amigo Plaza Guaynabo), Guaynabo
Date: September 9, 2007 Description: Food Drives at Amigo Supermarkets to collect food and goods for a program providing food and services to HIV positive population. Contact: Jessica Y. Pazos - pazos@ford.com Back to the top South Africa Empilweni Hospital, Port Elizabeth
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Storytelling, prayers, & motivation. Contact: Sharon Jessop - sjessop2@ford.com House of Resurrection AIDS Haven, Port Elizabeth
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Will assist with the cleaning & other chores at the facility. Contact: Sharon Jessop - sjessop2@ford.com Sophakama High School, Port Elizabeth
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Will provide presentations on nutrition and other critical topics to the students. Contact: Sharon Jessop - sjessop2@ford.com Cheshire Home for the Disabled, Port Elizabeth
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Storytelling, prayers, motivation & outings. Contact: Sharon Jessop - sjessop2@ford.com Luvuyo Special School for the Disabled, Port Elizabeth
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Twenty-five intellectually challenged students, many who had never visited the sea before, were taken on a day-long outing to Bay World. They visited the museum, snake park, dolphin show and had lunch and received toys. Contact: Sharon Jessop - sjessop2@ford.com Laphum'ilanga AIDS Haven, Port Elizabeth
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Will donate goods and non-perishable foodstuffs. Contact: Sharon Jessop - sjessop2@ford.com Evangelico Child Care Centre, Port Elizabeth
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Storytelling, prayers, motivation & outings. Contact: Sharon Jessop - sjessop2@ford.com Phella Children's Home, Pretoria
Date: September 6, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Visit and play with children, clean premises, cook meals and help with homework. Contact: Buyisile Hlabano - bhlabano@ford.com Bophelong Community Hospice, Pretoria
Date: September 6, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Visit a hospice for terminally ill people with HIV AIDS and clean and cook. Contact: Buyisile Hlabano - bhlabano@ford.com Mamelodi Care for the Aged, Pretoria
Date: September 5, 2007 - September 6, 2007 Description: Friendly visiting with senior citizens and helping with cooking & cleaning the home. Contact: Buyisile Hlabano - bhlabano@ford.com Irene Homes, Centurion, Gauteng
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Group will repaint the canteen area of the Irene Homes. Contact: Geoffrey Timmins - gtimmin1@ford.com The Giving Organization Trust Account, Pretoria
Date: September 5, 2007 - September 6, 2007 Description: Launch the Payroll Giving Initiative where the company acts as a conduit to facilitate a voluntary payroll process to support worthy causes. The Giving Organization Trust Account, Port Elizabeth
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Launch the Payroll Giving Initiative where the company acts as a conduit to facilitate a voluntary payroll process to support worthy causes. Habitat of the Sports and Social Club, Pretoria
Date: September 6, 2007 Description: Launch the Payroll Giving Initiative where the company acts as a conduit to facilitate a voluntary payroll process to support worthy causes. Contact: Basie Du Plessis - aduples1@ford.com Leamogetswe Safety Home, Pretoria
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Volunteers will visit the residents at this home, who are abandoned, abused and HIV positive children. Indigent people near Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth
Date: September 10, 2007 Description: Groceries ($750 worth) were distributed to five starving families living in shacks near Port Elizabeth who receive no other support.. Contact: Basil Raman - braman1@ford.com & Rodwell van Wyk - rvanwyk@ford.com SOS Children's Village Mamelodi
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Took 8 orphaned children to the zoo who reside in the home sponsored by by Ford of So. Africa. Contact: Joyce Feder Back to the top Spain APASCOVI - a non-governmental org., Madrid
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Project related to care of the enviroment as FFV is launching. Contact: Back to the top Taiwan World Vision Taiwan & Community Park (Ho-Feng Cycling Park), Chung Li
Date: September 8, 2007 Description: Invite World Vision Taiwan's children for a day long outing. Contact: Nai-Wen (Joyce) Su - Jsu12@ford.com Community Park (Ho-Feng Cycling Park),Chung Li
Date: September 8, 2007 Description: Plant trees and pick up garbage at Park. Contact: Nai-Wen (Joyce) Su - Jsu12@ford.com Back to the top Thailand Bang La Mung Elderly Center, Chonburi Province
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: Project may include providing 3 meals, friendly visiting, clean-up of grounds, donating entertainment equipment, and cleaning up grounds at large citizen residence. Blind Children
Date: September - week 1 Description: Personal items will be collected. Contact: Staff Activity Committee Habitat for Society
Date: September - week 2 Description: Volunteers will renovate a school at Uttaradit Province. Contact: Staff Activity Committee Blind Children
Date: September - week 3 Description: Work - life Balance for Society Contact: Staff Activity Committee Blood Drive
Date: September - week 4 Description: Volunteers will donate blood. Contact: Staff Activity Committee Back to the top Venezuela Morrocoy National Park
Date: September 7, 2007 Description: 100+ volunteers will clean Sombrero Key during World Beach Day. Planned Giving for Peru Red Cross
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 13, 2007 Description: Water, sheets, jackets, diapers medicines and cash donations will be collected for Peruvians affected by the earthquakes. Red Cross will distribute. Red Cross
Date: September 3, 2007 - September 11, 2007 Description: Blood Drive Sacred Heart of Jesus, Valencia
Date: September 2007 Description: Donated 3 wheelchairs to elderly residents. |
