It’s no surprise that our customers are passionate about our brands. From school pick-up lines to job sites, and cross-country trips, we make vehicles for a variety of lifestyles, including uniting people for a good cause. The Jeep® Babes Michigan chapter is doing just that. Jeep Babes is an all-women, all-Jeep group, that brings ladies
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FCA Employees Serve the Company and Their Community
By day, they work in our facilities performing a variety of jobs throughout the company. When their shifts end, they head to their second jobs as first responders in their communities. One of these employees is Kurt Wagenaar, a fire systems specialist who works to keep the fire protection systems at the Chrysler Technology Center
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FCA Keeps Detroiters Dreams Alive: Funds $1.8 Million Home Repair Program
FCA has completed the transfer of $900,000 to the City of Detroit’s Housing and Revitalization Department (HRD), the first tranche of a $1.8 million commitment, to fund a home repair grant program for homeowners on the city’s east side. The program, one component of the Community Benefits Agreement FCA signed in May, provides eligible homeowners
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FCA Community: Employee Takes a Shot at Ending Hunger
Hometown hero, Marvin Skipper, had all the right moves when growing up in Detroit. A Pershing High School graduate, he earned a basketball scholarship to Eastern Michigan University. His eye was on an NBA career with hopes of providing a better life for his family and community when his hoop dreams were sunk by a
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Never Eat the Science
Michael Niedballa, an educator at Cranbrook Institute of Science, quizzed a seventh grade science class at Detroit Enterprise Academy: “What are the other senses?” “Taste,” answered several students in unison. “One thing we never do in science … we never eat the science,” Niedballa cautioned, discussing how researchers use their senses as part of the
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FCA Community: Bringing the Magic of Cars to Local Children’s Hospital
A once colorless sign, depicting only a meticulously drawn truck in the center and the words “Caden’s Car Show,” was quickly filled with hand prints of various sizes and colors. The event, known as Caden’s Car Show in honor of Caden, a congenital heart disease patient at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
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FCA Community: Creating a Strong Flow of ‘Stream Leaders’ in Michigan
Decked out in waders with a mission of finding macroinvertebrates and minnows in the Clinton River, FCA Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Lead Dave Jump gets knee deep with Bowers Academy high school students to create the next generation of “stream leaders.” “We have a responsibility to the environment and to protect Mother Earth, ”
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