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Giving & Sharing Registered Volunteer Projects
The following is a list of projects that were registered for the Giving and Sharing season. November United Way Thanksgiving Basket project, Tennessee
Team Location: Ford Motor Credit Nashville Business Center (Public Affairs Department) Date: through early December Coordinator: Diane Reid - dreid5@ford.com Project: Employees assembled and then delivered 110 large Thanksgiving food baskets to needy families.
McNeilly Angel Wish project, Tennessee
Team Location: Ford Motor Credit Nashville Business Center (Public Affairs Department) Date: through early December Coordinator: Robin Lamb - rlamb7@ford.com Project: Individuals and employee teams at FMCC Nashville Business Center helped make the holidays bright for 90 low-income pre-schoolers. The employees purchased toys and clothing for each child, wrapped the gifts, and gave them to parents, hidden in black bags until Christmas morning.
Escola Primaria Luisa Ducia Soares (Elementary School), Lisbon, Portugal
Team Location: FCE Portugal - all departments Date: pre-Holiday season Coordinator: Elsa Parreira Silva - eparrei1@ford.com Project: Volunteers transformed a kindergarten/elementary school with fresh paint and hand painted, whimsical murals.
Child & Family Services of MI, Michigan
Team Location: Ford Fund & Comm. Serv. Date: November 1, 2007 - December 15, 2007 Coordinator: Melissa Fox - mfox@ford.com Project: Team members participated in Operation Good Cheer by providing requested gifts to young children.
Detroit Zoo (Zoo Boo), Michigan
Team Location: Allen Park Test Lab Date: November 1, 2007 Coordinator: Shaun Soraghan - ssoragha@ford.com Boys & Girls Republic, Michigan
Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Michigan
Food Gatherers, Michigan
Detroit Zoo (Zoo Boo), Michigan
Team Location: Ford Motor Credit Date: November 1, 2007 Coordinator: Paulette Hatfield - phatfie2@ford.com The Parade Company, Michigan
Team Location: Mainframe Op. Systems Date: November 1, 2007 Coordinator: Carolina Pluszcynski - cpluszcz@ford.com Project: Helped get the Parade Company floats and characters ready for their "big day".
Community Opportunity Center, Michigan
Habitat for Humanity, Michigan
Team Location: B & C Car Fuel Economy Date: November 2, 2007 Coordinator: Antero Afonso - aafonso@ford.com
St. Leo's Soup Kitchen, Michigan
Food Gatherers, Michigan
Team Location: Fordstar Ops Date: November 5, 2007 Coordinator: Kristina Dushaj - kdushaj@ford.com Project: Assisted with food organization and distribution
Gleaner's Food Bank, Michigan
Gleaner's Community Food Bank, Michigan
The Parade Company, Michigan
Team Location: IT HQ Date: November 6, 2007 Coordinator: Tom Hoffman - thoffman@ford.com Project: Repaired costumes and added the finishing touches to Parade floats and characters.
The Parade Company, Michigan
Team Location: Manufacturing & Production Engineering Date: November 7, 2007 Coordinator: Michelle Bleim - mbleim@ford.com Project: Santa Claus received help getting his sleigh and many parade floats ready for his arrival in Detroit on Thanksgiving Day.
The Parade Company, Michigan
Team Location: Management Info Sys, FMCC Date: November 8, 2007 Coordinator: Carolyn Buccellato - cbuccell@ford.com Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Michigan
Team Location: Powertrain Ops - Dearborn Date: November 8, 2007 Coordinator: Valerie Meterko - vmeterko@ford.com
Food Gatherers, Michigan
Team Location: Powertain Ops - Livonia Date: November 8, 2007 Coordinator: Dinesh Bakshi - dbakshi@ford.com
Arts & Scraps, Michigan
Team Location: Ford Motor Credit Date: November 8, 2007 Coordinator: Rose Meininger - rmeining@ford.com Focus Hope, Michigan
Team Location: PDC - Body Interior Date: November 9, 2007 Coordinator: Gary Parisi - gparis@ford.com
St. Leo's Soup Kitchen, Michigan
Team Location: Powertrain Ops - Livonia Date: November 9, 2007 Coordinator: Rebecca Messick - rmessick@ford.com Gleaner's Community Food Bank, Michigan
The Parade Company, Michigan
Team Location: Ford Customer Service Div Date: November 9, 2007 Coordinator: Alan Taratuta - ataratut@ford.com Project: Volunteers gave floats one final bath before their Thanksgiving Day debut.
Arts & Scraps, Michigan
Model T Automotive Heritage Complex, Michigan
Team Location: Rouge Site Ops & Maintenance Date: November 13, 2007 Coordinator: Linda Sinischo - lsinisch@ford.com Model T Automotive Heritage Complex, Michigan
Team Location: Systems Development & PAC Date: November 13, 2007 Coordinator: Antero Afonso - aafonso@ford.com Project: Helped rehabilitate the historic Model T Automotive Heritage Complex in Detroit.
Food Gatherers, Michigan
The Parade Company, Michigan
Team Location: ASR Ar/BI Launch Project Date: November 14, 2007 Coordinator: Laurie Brown - lbrown7@ford.com St. Leo's Soup Kitchen, Michigan
Team Location: IT Security & Controls Date: November 14, 2007 Coordinator: Kenneth Grifka - kgrifka@ford.com COTS, Michigan
Team Location: Commericial Truck Program Date: November 14, 2007 Coordinator: Jeannie Gabor - jgabor3@ford.com Silver Key Senior Services, Colorado
Team Location: Colorado Springs Business Center Date: Nov 14 - Dec 5 Coordinator: Carol Orinjok - corinjok@ford.com Project: Giving Tree for gifts, Meals on Wheels delivery, and food baskets for area Senior Citizens and delivery to Silver Key The Children's Center, Michigan
Team Location: Ford Motor Credit Date: November 15, 2007 Coordinator: Pauline Williams - pwilli50@ford.com Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Michigan
Team Location: Corporate Risk Management, Dearborn Date: November 15, 2007 Coordinator: Karen Shields
Habitat for Humanity, Michigan
Team Location: Pre-Production - Focus Program Date: November 15, 2007 Coordinator: Sandy Kolodica - skolodic@ford.com
The Parade Company, Michigan
Team Location: Safety Systems - Mustang Date: November 19, 2007 Coordinator: Ron Lovasz - rlovasz@ford.com Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Michigan
Team Location: iTekE Date: November 19, 2007 Coordinator: Lisa Gentile - lgentile@ford.com Project: The residents will enjoy the tree that Ford volunteers set up and the Center expects to receive 1/3 of their funding from the mailing that was processed.
Capuchin Soup Kitchen Warehouse, Michigan
Team Location: Ford Motor Credit Date: November 20, 2007 Coordinator: Carolyn Nolff - cnolff@ford.com Project: Detroit Piston, Rip Hamilton, helped Ford volunteers give out hundreds of Thanksgiving turkeys and bags of groceries.
Gleaners Community Food Bank, Michigan
Team Location: IT FMCC, Dearborn Date: November 20, 2007 Coordinator: Patrice Wronski
The Parade Company, Michigan
Team Location: Prototype Vehicle Dev., Dearborn Date: November 20, 2007 Coordinator: Jerry Seal Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Michigan
County Emergency & Community Services Holiday Shoppe, New Jersey
Team Location: Ford Lincoln Mercury Sales Operations - Philadelphia Region Date: Nov 20 - Dec 18 Coordinator: Linda Reider - lreider@ford.com Project: Ford elves recruited all the tenants in their 11 building office park in Mt. Laurel, N.J., decorated a F150 as Santa's sleigh, collected and then delivered several truckloads of clothing and toys for needy area children, infant thru 12 years old, identified by the Emengency Services team.
Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Michigan
Catholic Charities Holiday Meal Program, Ohio
Team Location: Northeast Ohio Ford Community Relations Committee Date: November 21, 2007 Coordinator: Mark Tiberia Project: Donated $5,000 and will help carve turkeys for over 30,000 meals Focus: HOPE, Michigan, Michigan
Team Location: E/E Big Bang Date: November 21, 2007 Coordinator: Keana Hayden
The Parade Company, Michigan
Team Location: Corporate Design - Electronic Math Modeling Date: pre-Thanksgiving Coordinator: Richard Nielsen Jr. - rnielsen@ford.com Project: The Ford team saw the fruit of their labors as the floats they worked on looked great traveling down Woodward Avenue on Thanksgiving Day.
Henry Ford Estate - Fairlane, Michigan
Children's Hospital of Michigan, Michigan
Team Location: IT Regent Court Date: November 28, 2007 Coordinator: Alina Meltser - afeldman@ford.com UAW Local 182's 14th Annual Labor of Love Christmas Party, Michigan
Team Location: Chassis - PDC Date: November 28, 2007 Coordinator: Trudi Feenstra - tfeenstr@ford.com Project: Volunteers wrapped presents and helped decorate the Union Hall for the party being given for over 200 disadvantaged children. Focus: HOPE, Michigan
Methodist Children's Home Society, Michigan
Team Location: CE Body Interior - Outfit Date: November 29, 2007 Coordinator: Andy Phillips Habitat for Humanity, Michigan
Team Location: APC Basic Design Date: November 29, 2007 Coordinator: Monica Blair - mblair3@ford.com
Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Michigan
Food Gatherers, Michigan
Team Location: V6/V8 Engine & Forming Date: November 30, 2007 Coordinator: Diana Merdita - dmerdita@ford.com Food Gatherers, Michigan
Date: November 30, 2007 Coordinator: Courtney Reddy - creddy1@ford.com December Canyon Acres Children's Services, Orangewood Children's Home, and Hands Together - A Center for Children, California
Team Location: CRC and PAG of Irvine, CA Date: December 2007 Coordinator: Bob Tarlton - btarlton@ford.com Project: Over 450 employees attended the Ford Spirit of the Holidays Party and donated 600 gifts and toys for the children of three local agencies. Nashville Public Television, Tennesse
Team Location: FMCC Nashville Business Center Date: December 2, 2007 Coordinator: Meredith Libbey - mlibbey@ford.com Project: Volunteers staffed the Nashville Public Television (WNPT) phone bank during the "Nashville World War II Stories" programming sponsored by Ford Motor Company Fund.
Focus: HOPE, Michigan
Open Door Mission, Nebraska
Team Location: FMCC - Omaha Business Center Date: December 4, 2007 Coordinator: Mike Curry - mcurry1@ford.com Project: The Ford team packed food boxes and sorted donated toys and clothing for distribution to needy families. Boys and Girls Republic, Michigan
Team Location: Retail Variable Market Finance Date: December 5, 2007 Coordinator: Jeff Bourgoin - jbourgoi@ford.com Project: Holiday decorating, wrapping gifts, plus other projects Children's Hospital of Michigan, Michigan
Team Location: Powertrain Operations - Dearborn Date: December 5, 2007 Coordinator: Tamika Pettway - tpettway@ford.com Open Door Mission, Nebraska
Team Location: FMCC - Omaha Business Center Date: December 5, 2007 Coordinator: Megan Rojas - mrojas7@ford.com Project: The Ford team packed food boxes and sorted donated toys and clothing for distribution to needy families. Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Michigan
Team Location: STA Powertrain, Dearborn Date: December 5, 2007 Coordinator: Tim Rock - trock3@ford.com Project: This Ford team brought some holiday cheer to many of the resident children at the Penrickton Center for Blind Children.
Volunteers of America, Michigan
Team Location: Allen Park Test Lab - VEE Date: December 5, 2007 Coordinator: Shaun Soraghan - ssoragha@ford.com Project: Assistance wrapping 1,000's of donated toys Arbor Hospice & Home Care, Michigan
Team Location: Powertrain Operations - Livonia Date: December 6, 2007 Coordinator: Michael Rudel - mrudel@ford.com Project: Thousands of beautiful lights now decorate the Arbor Hospice facility thanks to this Ford team.
Open Door Mission, Nebraska
Team Location: FMCC - Omaha Business Center Date: December 6, 2007 Coordinator: Christine Hansen - chansen@ford.com Project: The Ford team packed food boxes and sorted donated toys and clothing for distribution to needy families. World Medical Relief Inc., Michigan
Food Gatherers, Michigan
Team Location: Power Train Operations Date: December 6, 2007 Coordinator: Lisa Frahm - lfrahm@ford.com Volunteers of America, Michigan
Team Location: Vehicle Visibility Date: December 6, 2007 Coordinator: Karen Tripp - ltripp@ford.com Project: Volunteers wrapped gifts for distribution to needy children. World Medical Relief Inc., Michigan
Adopt a Family, Michigan
Team Location: Rawsonville Plant - hourly & salary Date: December 6 and December 7, 2007 Coordinator: Denise Jennings - djenni16@ford.com Project: Two Holiday parties for local disadvantaged children were held at UAW Local 898. One hundred thirty-four children attended and each received lunch, a visit with Santa and $200 worth of gifts (winter outerwear, other essentials, bicycles and toys).
Open Door Mission, Nebraska
Team Location: FMCC - Omaha Business Center Date: December 7, 2007 Coordinator: Jennifer Scholl - jscholl@ford.com Project: The Ford team packed food boxes and sorted donated toys and clothing for distribution to needy families. Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Michigan
Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Michigan
Team Location: IT FMCC, Dearborn Date: December 7, 2007 Coordinator: Pratapa Srikiran - spratapa@ford.com
City of Henderson Salvation Army's Christmas Angels, Nevada
Team Location: Henderson Business Center Date: thru December 7, 2007 Coordinator: Mike Ross - mross3@ford.com Project: Nearly every team, Employee Group and many individuals at the Henderson Business Center donated money so toys and clothing could be purchased for 225 needy children. This is the sixth year the Center has participated in this event.
Salvation Army's Christmas Angels, Henderson, Nevada, Nevada
Team Location: Ford Credit at the Henderson Business Center Date: thru December 7, 2007 Coordinator: Mike Ross - mross3@ford.com Salvation Army - Dearborn Hgts Senior Luncheon, Michigan
Team Location: Infrastructure, PMO Date: December 7, 2007 Coordinator: Debra Michels Ruth Ellis Center, Michigan
Team Location: Ford GLOBE Date: December 8, 2007 Coordinator: Alice McKeage - amckeage@ford.com Project: GLOBE is collecting food, clothing and cash for youth visiting the Ruth Ellis Center, a social service agency in Ferndale. Salvation Army - Dearborn Hgts.Toy Shop, Michigan
Team Location: Infrastructure, PMO Date: December 9, 2007 Coordinator: Debra Michels Gleaners Community Food Bank, Michigan
Team Location: Industrial Eng/Ergo, Dearborn Date: December 10, 2007 Coordinator: Justina Mitchell - jmitc141@ford.com Project: Twelve employees from Vehicle Operations and Product Development helped sort and pack 216 boxes or 12 pallets of unperishable food items which will be distributed to organizations in Detroit.
Salvation Army, Colorado
Team Location: Denver Region FLM Sales, FCSD and American Road Date: December 10, 2007 Coordinator: : Mary Ann Wanker - mwanker@ford.com Project: Employees donated Christmas gifts to disadvantaged children through the Angel Tree Project.
Salvation Army, Michigan
Team Location: Body Engineering FCG Date: December 10, 2007 Coordinator: Diane LaHaie - dlahaie@ford.com Project: Volunteers will assist parents as they "shop" for their children in the special Wayne/Westland Toy Shop. Open Door Mission, Nebraska
Team Location: FMCC - Omaha Business Center Date: December 11, 2007 Coordinator: Annette Hogg - ahogg@ford.com Project: The Ford team packed food boxes and sorted donated toys and clothing for distribution to needy families. Food Gatherers, Michigan
Team Location: Global Product Marketing Date: December 11, 2007 Coordinator: Christine Feuell - cfeuell@ford.com Salvation Army, Michigan
Team Location: Brownstown Customer Service Div Date: December 11, 2007 Coordinator: Angela Viger - aviger@ford.com Project: Assited with sorting and set-up in Toy Shop. St. Leo's Soup Kitchen, Michigan
Team Location: Power Train Operations Date: December 11, 2007 Coordinator: Jim Dana - jdana@ford.com Arts & Scraps, Michigan
Focus: HOPE, Michigan
Malachi House, Ohio
Team Location: Cleveland Casting Plant, Human Resources (Diversity Council) Date: December 12, 2007 Coordinator: Terri Faison - tfaison3@ford.com Project: Wish list gifts were purchased, wrapped and delivered to the terminally ill Malachi House residents participating in the Adopt a Senior project.
ReCycle ReUse Ann Arbor, Michigan
Team Location: IT, Dearborn Date: December 12, 2007 Coordinator: Shripad Achyut Project: Assisted in sorting and organizing donated items for resale. Starfish Family Services, Michigan
Team Location: Sterling Plant Finance Date: December 12, 2007 Coordinator: Russell Boruta - rboruta@ford.com Canton Goodfellows, Michigan
Team Location: : Prototype $amp; Test Planning - PDC Date: December 12, 13 and 14, 2007 Coordinator: Alan Zidzik - azidzik@ford.com Project: Employees collected and wrapped food and gifts for over 240 needy families with a total of 560 children living in the Canton area. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Michigan
Team Location: Consumer Mrktg, Sales Div, WHQ Date: December 13, 2007 Coordinator: Mandy Lynn Vista Maria, Michigan
Team Location: Powertrain Operations Date: December 13, 2007 Coordinator: Tim Beyer - tbeyer1@ford.com Alternative for Girls, Boys & Girls Republic and Operation Good Cheer, S.E. Michigan, Michigan
Team Location: Regent Court (Market Representation) Date: through December 14, 2007 Coordinator: Angela Sakulidis - asakulid@ford.com Gleaners Community Food Bank, Michigan
Team Location: Flex/Taurus X Marketing Date: December 14, 2007 Coordinator: Kate Pearce - cpearce2@ford.com Project: Assisted with distribution of Christmas food baskets. Life Center Assisted Living Center, Florida
Team Location: Orlando Region FLM office Date: December 14, 2007 Coordinator: Lizz Smith - Esmit420@ford.com Project: Eighteen Ford volunteers cheered the elderly and infirm residents living in an Altamonte Springs facility with holiday caroling and friendly visiting. Merrill Gardens Retirement Community, Arizona
Team Location: National Recovery Center - FMCC Date: December 14, 2007 Coordinator: Katherine Pina - kpina@ford.com Project: Volunteers collected donations, purchased and distributed gifts and spent quality time visiting with local senior citizens.
Vista Maria, Michigan
Team Location: West Park Center, Dearborn Date: December 14, 2007 Coordinator: Mary Martinez - mmart497@ford.com Food Gatherers, Michigan
Team Location: Marketing & Sales Ops Date: December 17, 2007 Coordinator: Colleen Murphy - cmurph18@ford.com Project: Assisted with food organization and distribution of food baskets. Haven, Michigan
Salvation Army, Michigan
Team Location: Research & Advanced Engineering Date: December 17, 2007 Coordinator: Phillip Gonzales - pgonzal1@ford.com Westland Toy Shop, Michigan
Team Location: Body Engineering FCG Date: December 17, 19 and 20, 2007 Coordinator: Diane LaHaie - dlahaie@ford.com Project: Employees ran the Toy Shop, helping parents choose gifts, and then delivered food baskets and toys to sponsored families.
Salvation Army Toy Store, Dearborn Hgts, Michigan, Michigan
Team Location: ITHQ, Allen Park, Michigan Date: December 18, 2007 Coordinator: Robert Kidd Boys & Girls Republic, Michigan
Team Location: WSI PMO Date: December 18, 2007 Coordinator: Kim Sfreddo
Vista Maria, Michigan
Team Location: Research & Adv Engin. Date: December 18, 2007 Coordinator: Rimma Isayeva - risayeva@ford.com Project: Assisted with gift wrapping. Vista Maria, Michigan
Team Location: SE & S Engineering, Allen Park Date: December 18, 2007 Coordinator: Michael Landry Project: A group from Vehicle Environmental Engineering helped wrap hundreds of gifts for the girls at Vista Maria.
Vista Maria, Michigan
Team Location: Research & Advanced Engineering Date: December 18, 2007 Coordinator: Rimma Isayeva - risayeva@ford.com Project: Employees cheerfully wrapped hundreds of gifts for the residents of Michigan's largest residential and community-based treatment agency for high-risk girls, 11 to 17 years old.
Salvation Army - Dearborn Hgts Toy Shop, Michigan
Team Location: Infrastructure, PMO Date: December 19, 2007 Coordinator: Debra Michels Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, Michigan
Team Location: Infrastructure, PMO Date: December 19, 2007 Coordinator: Selden Swain and Rick McWhirter Project: Generous employees collected 6000 toys for the children in the Toys for Tots program. Two Marines from 1st Bn, 24th Marines out of Mt. Clemens, MI attended the donation ceremony and accepted the gifts from UAW Plant Chairman, Joel Goddard, and Plant Manager, Mark Willis.
Boys & Girls Republic, Michigan
Team Location: WSI PMO Date: December 20, 2007 Coordinator: Kim Sfreddo
Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Michigan
Team Location: Ford Production System Dept. Date: December 20, 2007 Coordinator: Jofran Pastor - jpastor1@ford.com Cans for Kids, Michigan
Team Location: Romeo Engine Plant - IT Date: December 21, 2007 Coordinator: Tracie Awe - tawe@ford.com Project: Employees used donated can deposits to purchase and deliver a wonderful assortment of gifts for 17 local disadvantaged children and 10 more families received holiday turkeys. Cleveland’s Harvard Senior Center, Ohio
Team Location: Cleveland Casting Plant, Human Resources (Diversity Council) Date: December 21, 2007 Coordinator: Terri Faison - tfaison3@ford.com Project: The Diversity Council, Cleveland Manufacturing retirees and employee children helped Santa bring Christmas cheer and gifts to the fixed-income seniors at the Harvard Senior Center as part of the Adopt-a-Senior Christmas Program.
Goodrich-Gannett Settlement, Ohio
Team Location: Cleveland Casting Plant, Human Resources (Diversity Council) Date: December 21, 2007 Coordinator: Terri Faison - tfaison3@ford.com Project: The Cleveland Manufacturing Site Diversity Council celebrated the holidays with the seniors at the Goodrich-Gannett Settlement House. The generous Ford employees provided gifts, special treats, and friendly visiting at the Adopt a Senior Christmas Party.
Strongsville’s SARAH Center, Ohio
Team Location: Cleveland Casting Plant, Human Resources (Diversity Council) Date: December 21, 2007 Coordinator: Terri Faison - tfaison3@ford.com Project: Cleveland Manufacturing Site Manager Jan Allman poses with one happy senior while other Cleveland Manufacturing employees enjoy the Christmas party they organized at the SARAH Center.
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