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More than 700 Ford volunteers went digging, chopping and hammering to complete community projects in nine states. Ford provided more than $110,000 in grants to community organizations to purchase tools and supplies to complete the environmentally focused work.

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More 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.

MODEL Teams of Ford employee and retiree volunteers are assisting at shelters, soup kitchens, parks, nature preserves and community centers. Ford volunteers are planting gardens, installing rain barrels, creating trails, building birdhouses and bee boxes, and feeding the hungry.

“Ford volunteers are making important contributions to a better world by working together with our nonprofit partners to improve the environment and promote sustainability in our communities,” said Robert Brown, vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. “We’re committed to building a stronger business and a better world. It’s part of Ford’s legacy of social responsibility that has endured for more than 100 years.”

Today’s volunteer projects were selected by Ford’s nonprofit agency partners. Ford is providing more than $110,000 in grants to purchase the tools and supplies needed to complete the work by the volunteers.


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