GENERAL MOTORS FOUNDATION & CHEVROLET HELP DISTRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS

GENERAL MOTORS FOUNDATION & CHEVROLET HELP DISTRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS

issued 01/31/13

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                        GENERAL MOTORS FOUNDATION & CHEVROLET HELP DISTRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS

                   General Motors Foundation Provides $1 Million Grant to Habitat for Humanity International

Chevrolet Donates 2013 Tahoe to Union Beach, New Jersey Emergency Medical Services Station to Aid First Responders

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Thursday, January 31, 2013: At the 2013 Washington DC Auto Show, the General Motors Foundation gave a $1 million grant to Habitat for Humanity International to help with neighborhood revitalization efforts in twelve (12) U.S. cities.

GM Foundation Helps Twelve US Cities: From financial support for new construction, home repair and rehabilitation, weatherization efforts and more, the GM Foundation’s support of Habitat for Humanity means that work will be underway in neighborhoods in Arlington, Texas; Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Baltimore; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Lansing, Michigan; Los Angeles; Nashville; New Orleans; and Phoenix.

SOT Full:   Vivian Pickard / GM Foundation President

GM Foundation & Continuing Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts: In December, Chevrolet donated to Habitat for Humanity International 24 Express cargo vans to create the organization’s first-ever fleet of mobile response units. The vehicles, filled with tools and equipment from Lowe’s and Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, are currently dispatched with volunteers assisting with Hurricane Sandy response efforts in New York and New Jersey.

SOT Full:   Larry Gluth, Senior Vice President / Habitat for Humanity

Also at the Auto Show, Chevrolet donated a 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe to the Union Beach, New Jersey Emergency Medical Services Station to aid first responders from the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

Chevrolet Tahoe Donation to Union Beach, New Jersey EMS Squad: Upon delivering the Habitat for Humanity mobile response units to the impacted region, teamGM Cares volunteers worked in a number of locations, including at the flood-ravaged Union Beach Emergency Medical Services station in Union Beach, New Jersey. The experience inspired Chevrolet’s donation of a 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe to the Union Beach EMS squad that was on the front lines during Hurricane Sandy.

At the 2013 Washington DC Auto Show, Union Beach EMS Chief Carlos Rodriquez accepted the keys to the 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe.    

SOT Full:  Carlos Rodriguez, Union Beach, New Jersey EMS Chief

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