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For Release: June 24, 2011, 9 a.m. EDT<br />
GM Foundation Gives $75,000 to 15 Flint-area Organizations<br />
Grants help programs reaching the hungry, the homeless and the hard to serve<br />
FLINT, Mich. – The <strong>General</strong> <strong>Motors</strong> Foundation today awarded grants totaling $75,000 to<br />
support programs at 15 Flint-area nonprofits and organizations serving children, adults and<br />
seniors.<br />
The grants were distributed a day after <strong>General</strong> <strong>Motors</strong> hosted more than 10,000 visitors at a<br />
special “thank you” open house at the company’s five Flint-area manufacturing sites.<br />
“Every day, the men and women of <strong>General</strong> <strong>Motors</strong> do more than design, build and sell cars,<br />
trucks and crossovers,” said GM Foundation President Vivian Pickard. “They also devote time,<br />
resources and money to help their neighbors. The GM Foundation wants to supplement their<br />
efforts by funding some very important programs in the Flint area.”<br />
The GM Foundation distributed 15, $5,000 grants to the following organizations:<br />
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Food Bank of Eastern Michigan<br />
Flint River Watershed Coalition<br />
Friends of the Alfred Sloan Museum<br />
Crim Fitness Foundation<br />
Tall Pine Council, Boy Scouts of America<br />
Resource Genesee<br />
One Stop Housing Resource Center<br />
Urban League of Flint<br />
Hispanic Technology Community Center<br />
Valley Area Agency on Aging<br />
Big Brothers and Big Sisters<br />
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Flint<br />
Motherly Intercession<br />
My Brother’s Keeper<br />
Girl Scouts of Southeast Michigan<br />
The grants will support specific programs at each organization with the goal of helping children,<br />
adults and seniors affected by poverty or unemployment get access to food, clothing, shelter<br />
and other resources. Some programs also help educate people and promote healthy activities in<br />
the Flint area.<br />
This year’s grants match the $75,000 contribution the GM Foundation made a year ago in the<br />
Flint area. The foundation is donating $1 million this year to nonprofit groups in GM plant<br />
communities throughout the country.
“We hope that by providing funding to these important organizations, others will be inspired to<br />
offer their support as well,” Pickard said.<br />
About <strong>General</strong> <strong>Motors</strong> in Flint<br />
GM employs 6,500 employees in the Flint area. The company operates the following manufacturing sites:<br />
Flint Assembly, Flint Metal Center, Flint Engine Operations, Flint Tool and Die and the Grand Blanc Weld<br />
Tool Center. GM’s Customer Care and Aftersales is headquartered in Grand Blanc and CCA warehouses<br />
are located in Flint and Davison.<br />
About the GM Foundation:<br />
Since its inception in 1976, the GM Foundation has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to deserving<br />
American charities, educational organizations and to disaster relief efforts worldwide. The GM Foundation<br />
focuses on supporting Education, Health and Human Services, Environment and Energy and Community<br />
Development initiatives, mainly in the communities where GM operates. For more information, visit<br />
www.gm.com/content/gmcom/home/company/aboutGM/corporate_responsiblity/gm_foundation_gmf0.ht<br />
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