http://media.ford.com//rss.cfm?section_id=8Corporate CitizenshipCopyright 2013en-USTEKmedia v7http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=38077As Oklahoma residents struggle to rebuild their lives after this week’s devastating tornadoes, Ford Motor Company and its dealers are donating $400,000 to assist with relief efforts. Ford Motor Company also is donating a Ford Transit Connect van to the American Red Cross for relief services and emergency preparedness education.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=38077Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=38009Ford Motor Company and The Parade Company have announced a major partnership for one of the nation’s largest fireworks displays – The Ford Fireworks presented by Target. The event’s new name reflects lead sponsorship of the fireworks by Ford Motor Company, in addition to Target’s support, making possible this free world-class event for the city of Detroit and the region.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=38009Wed, 08 May 2013 17:30:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37979The College for Creative Studies (CCS) announced today that Ford Motor Company Fund will donate $1 million over five years, strengthening its commitment to one of the world’s leading art and design colleges and providing educational opportunities to Detroit youth.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37979Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37968Ford Motor Company Chief Operating Officer Mark Fields has been named 2013-2014 Campaign Chair for United Way for Southeastern Michigan.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37968Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:01:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37879This weekend the 2013 Ford Fusion will cruise the high seas of the Caribbean Islands with a “purpose.” The Fusion will sail for eight days and seven nights aboard the 2013 Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage, as part of Ford’s relationship with the Tom Joyner Foundation.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37879Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37881The nation’s best young automotive minds from coast to coast are gearing up for the 64th annual 2013 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Challenge State Hands-On Competitions, which kick off Tuesday, April 16 with events in Birmingham, Ala. and Jackson, Miss.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37881Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37817The Ford Volunteer Corps is on the job all over southeast Michigan on the Ford Accelerated Action Day dedicated to helping children and families. Ford employees also have assembled into MODEL Teams in Arizona, California, South Carolina, Washington and the District of Columbia for a day of community service work.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37817Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:01:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37651Ford Motor Company Fund today announced a $500,000 contribution to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and its Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. The funds will be used to support and expand the Spark!Lab program challenging kids to create, collaborate and invent. The donation is part of Ford’s ongoing commitment to innovation and honors the legacy of founder Henry Ford; the anniversary of the company founder’s 150th birthday occurs this year on July 30.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37651Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37646Ford Motor Company Fund (Ford Fund) has named Polk County as a Ford Next Generation Learning (Ford NGL) Community — one of only 17 communities in the nation. Key to this designation is Polk County’s commitment to align community resources to support the growth and sustaining of high school Polk Academies with the vision that every high school student will be enrolled in an Academy within their own school over time.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37646Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37526Ford Motor Company and its community relations arm, Ford Motor Company Fund (Ford Fund), today announced the launch of a major program in Detroit to strengthen neighborhoods and provide support for education, summer jobs programs and other community needs.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37526Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37483The Ford Volunteer Corps is cooking, and also serving meals and stocking shelves on a Ford Accelerated Action Day dedicated to feeding the hungry.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37483Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:01:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37459Ford Motor Company and its community relations arm, Ford Motor Company Fund (Ford Fund), today announced the launch of its Operation Goodwill Southern California and the investment of $1 million now through December 2013 for community initiatives and charitable organizations throughout the region.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37459Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:30:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37412For the 12th consecutive year, Ford Motor Company and Newman’s Own®, Inc. are partnering with Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, to donate Ford refrigerated trucks filled with Newman’s Own food products. Food banks in four regions are receiving trucks this year including Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37412Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37389Ford Motor Company Fund is pledging $1 million to the American Red Cross for workplace development training for veterans, military members and their families, as well as to disaster relief through the Red Cross Disaster Responder program.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37389Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37357Ford dealerships from the Hattiesburg area in Mississippi are sending relief supplies to help Staten Island communities damaged by Hurricane Sandy.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37357Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37305Ford Motor Company is offering customers affected by Hurricane Sandy $500 Bonus Cash savings off vehicle MSRP toward the purchase or lease of any eligible 2012 or 2013 model year Ford or Lincoln vehicle. The $500 Disaster Relief Bonus Cash program is open to current residents of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast affected by Hurricane Sandy until January 2013. The $500 incentive is available on both retail and leases, and is transferrable within the household.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37305Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37303Ford employees and Ford Motor Company Fund are donating $50,000 to the American Red Cross and its chapters to assist with disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37303Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37297Just as Ford Racing drivers try to lock down major 2012 championships on the track and consumer holiday shopping begins off the track, Ford Motor Company is unveiling a special limited-edition Ford Racing history print today at the SEMA show that will be sold to benefit JDRF.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37297Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37298Ford Motor Company and UAW Local 862 announced today a $50,000 donation to the Metro United Way for the Wayne Vickers Memorial Wheel Chair Ramp Project in Louisville to build 25 wheelchair ramps for disabled residents across the city. In addition to the monetary donations, a team of more than 50 UAW volunteers are planning to provide over 2,000 hours of labor to construct the wheelchair ramps.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37298Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37225Ford Driving Skills for Life (Ford DSFL) continues its ongoing efforts to reduce teen traffic fatalities during National Teen Driver Safety Week with the introduction of an online video game patterned after its award-winning driving exercises – a key element of the Ford DSFL program and partnership with the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA).http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37225Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37186Ford Warriors in Pink®, the Ford Motor Company program that raises awareness and funds in the fight against breast cancer, has created a limited-edition T-shirt inspired by film and television actor and supporter in the fight against breast cancer James Denton. For every shirt sold, 100 percent of net proceeds go directly to the Pink Fund, providing real help now.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37186Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37132On Saturday, Sept. 22, Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford Health System will auction a fabulous, one-of-a-kind 2013 Ford Shelby GT500.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37132Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:45:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37126Ford Motor Credit Company is offering customers affected by Hurricane Isaac the option to delay some car and truck payments. Ford Credit’s Disaster Relief Program allows qualified customers to delay one or two monthly payments, resuming their regular payment schedules when their situations improve.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37126Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37093Ford Motor Company is bringing its teen driving safety campaign to the red carpet at Variety’s Power of Youth event. The annual event honoring young entertainers and their contributions to philanthropic organizations and causes is being held this Saturday, Sept. 15 at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37093Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37079Ford today announced that the company, its employees and dealers are donating more than $1.2 million to nonprofits in the Louisville and Lexington areas this year.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37079Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37065An army of 10,000 Ford employees, retirees and dealers have set their sights on more than 200 community projects on six continents for the seventh annual Ford Global Week of Caring.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37065Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37034As teens head back to school, Ford is traveling to new territory to reach new drivers with potentially life-saving skills through the Ford Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) program. The tour opens in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 6, with stops in Anchorage and Wasilla, Alaska; then travels to Vancouver, British Columbia; Coeur D’Alene, Idaho; and then to Helena, Missoula and Bozeman, Mont.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37034Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36995Ford Motor Company will host Henry Ford Health System’s annual 2nd annual “Get Your Heart Racing” fundraiser at its Dearborn test track Sept. 22, an exclusive opportunity for auto enthusiasts to take part in a series of thrilling driving events and demonstrations and raise money for Henry Ford Health Systems at the same time.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36995Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36945Ford Motor Company and its dealers have launched a new program called Drive 4 UR Community, which is designed to help raise much needed funding for local community groups and nonprofit organizations.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36945Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:30:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36935The all-women vehicle customization project known as the SEMA Mustang Build Powered by Women, featuring a 2013 Ford Mustang GT, is on target for the unveiling of the winning design at this year’s SEMA show on Oct. 30 in Las Vegas.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36935Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36854Ford Motor Company is excited to announce the donation of a customized 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca for the 10th Anniversary Cattle Baron’s Ball Auction. The Candy Red Mustang will have a one-of-a-kind paint scheme created for the event. The goal in customizing the Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca is to create a vehicle that will attract the highest bids from car collectors and ultimately the most money to support American Cancer Society research, programs and services for cancer survivors and their loved ones throughout Metro Detroit.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36854Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36785Participants in the 2013 Ford Escape Hunger Drive will get to feed people facing hunger this summer, while also getting a chance to experience Ford’s all-new small utility vehicle that is loaded with smart technologies.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36785Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36786Ford Motor Company and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter, are working together to raise money for MS programs and services offered to the 18,000 people in Michigan living with multiple sclerosis.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36786Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36766Ford Motor Company Fund is donating $50,000 to the American Red Cross and its chapters to assist with disaster relief in the wake of severe summer weather. In Colorado, the funds will be used by Red Cross chapters in Denver and Colorado Springs to assist with relief efforts associated with the wildfires. Matching employee donations will increase total contributions.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36766Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36606On the 68th anniversary of D-Day – the landing of 150,000 Allied troops on Nazi-fortified beaches in Normandy – Ford Motor Company Fund is sponsoring two Honor Flights for about 75 World War II veterans from Michigan and Kentucky to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The trips are organized as part of the Honor Flight Network.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36606Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:01:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36604As summer activities heat up, Ford Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) is offering Ohio teen drivers free half-day driving clinics with some of the nation’s top professional driving instructors designed to address the increase in life-endangering risks that teen drivers face on the road.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36604Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36598Ford Motor Company today celebrates introduction of the new 2013 Ford F-150 – part of the best-selling line of pickups in America – with the agricultural professionals and leaders of tomorrow.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36598Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:30:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36538In April, Ford and its dealers partnered in a special challenge to raise $1 million for local high school programs through more than 300 Drive One 4 UR School events throughout the U.S. Today, both announced that based on initial reports that are still coming in, they expect the $1 million goal will be achieved.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36538Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36519In recognition of the importance of supporting youth in the Detroit community, Ford Motor Company Fund is announcing more than $280,000 in grants and other support to benefit young people.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36519Thu, 17 May 2012 19:00:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36491More than 700 Ford volunteers are digging, chopping and hammering their way to complete community projects today in nine states – Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina and Washington. The Ford Accelerated Action Day projects are focused on the environment.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36491Fri, 11 May 2012 00:01:00 ESThttp://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=29172Ford Motor Company’s innovative MyKey technology is designed to help parents encourage their teenagers to drive safer and more fuel efficiently, and increase safety-belt use.http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=29172Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST