Moving Stories
Ninth Annual
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More than 13,000 Ford employees, retirees and
dealers will work on 310 community service
projects in 26 countries for the ninth annual
Ford Global Week of Caring
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Projects expand in the Middle East as volunteers
in Ford’s newest region join the global effort
Global Week of
Caring expanded
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Volunteers are putting a special emphasis
on projects that support and protect water
resources, in keeping with Ford Motor
Company’s corporate water strategy
n the second week of September 2014, 20 employees
said Jim Vella, president, Ford Motor Company Fund and
from Ford South Africa’s Struandale Engine Plant spent
Community Services.
a day converting a metal shipping container into a soup
kitchen capable of serving 500 disadvantaged people a
week.
The work at Lingelethu Soup Kitchen north of Port Elizabeth
is one of 310 community service projects to be completed
during Ford Motor Company’s ninth annual Global Week
of Caring. In all, more than 13,000 volunteers from Ford
operations on six continents – Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe,
North America and South America – contributed 81,000
hours of expertise and labor to improve their communities.
Ford employees embrace the company’s legacy
of caring and the importance of giving back.
As Ford expands globally, our commitment to
creating a better world grows with it.”
Ford volunteers are putting a special emphasis on projects
that support and protect water resources, a basic necessity
“Ford Global Week of Caring is one of the many ways
for people everywhere. This is in keeping with the company’s
Ford and its employees are going further to improve the
corporate water strategy aimed at understanding and reduc-
quality of life for people in the communities where we live
ing water consumption at its global facilities and across its
and work,”
supply base.
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