Ford Volunteers Pitch In For Dozens of Detroit-Area Projects on Accelerated Action Day
This past week marked the June iteration of the Ford Accelerated Action Day program, and dozens of Ford Volunteer Corps members took advantage of the gorgeous Detroit weather in the effort of making neighborhoods equally gorgeous spaces. One of the larger of the nearly three dozen projects undertaken during this past Ford Accelerated Action Day […]
Ford Holds Latest Accelerated Action Day in Michigan
Thursday marks the latest Ford Accelerated Action Day, an event wherein approximately 700 Ford employees will volunteer their services across 49 distinct community service projects across the state of Michigan. The various projects were created in conjunction with Ford’s nonprofit partners. A total of 20 nonprofit organizations will split a sum total of $55,000 in […]
Latest Ford Accelerated Action Day Follows World Environment Day
Ford Volunteer Corps members around the country participated in another Ford Motor Company Accelerated Action Day on Friday as a means to celebrate World Environment Day and bolster the efforts of nearly 40 community service projects. Ford pledged more than $47,000 in grants to cover necessary materials for the projects, and more than 500 company […]
Ford Holds Accelerated Action Day December 12th
December 12 marked another Ford Accelerated Action Day around the United States, with more than 700 employees hitting soup kitchens and shelters across the country to give back. Ford employees participated in more than 50 different projects—a great number of which took place in and around Ford’s native Detroit—that sought to relieve hunger and provide […]
Ford Accelerated Action Day Puts Family First
Ford has enlisted more than 500 Blue Oval employees to participate in Ford Accelerated Action Day, where they will volunteer at 32 non-profit locations across southeast Michigan. Ford Accelerated Action Day is designed to benefit families and children, asking the Ford Volunteer Corps to get involved in projects community-wide. According to a recent Ford news […]
Ford Volunteers Pitch in on World Environment Day
On World Environment Day, more than 500 members of the Ford Volunteer Corps spread out over southeast Michigan for a number of community environmental projects in the latest Ford Accelerated Action Day. All in all , more than three dozen community service projects were carried out by the volunteers, including water system installation, storage shed […]
Ford Volunteers Engineer Special F-150 Power Wheels for Children with Disabilities
Ford volunteers recently applied their engineering know-how to the task of building seven special Ford F-150 Power Wheels trucks for children with mobility issues. One child, Wyatt Beard, is unable to walk without help; his yellow F-150 Power Wheels will serve as a powered wheelchair that will provide him a degree of independence as he […]
Ford Employees Worldwide to Volunteer Time on 325 Projects for Global Caring Month
September marks Ford Motor Company’s Global Caring Month, and it will see Blue Oval employees around the globe participating in projects and initiatives aimed at bettering the lives of others in their communities. Ford reports that approximately 325 projects will be undertaken on six continents during the course of September, ranging from the installation of […]
Ford Donates $100,000 to Gleaners Community Food Bank
Ford has announced that it will contribute the sum of $100,000 to an infant formula program at the Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit. This endowment will provide enough formula to feed more than 7,000 babies for two weeks. Additionally, Ford employees and volunteers will chip in hundreds of pounds of formula more, as well […]
Ford Concludes Fourth Coat & Jacket Drive
Though much of the focus during Christmastime seems to be how much money you should spend on cool-but-ultimately-superfluous gifts for your friends and loved ones, it cannot be forgotten that a great many Americans have difficulty getting warm clothes to shelter them against the cold. Ford Motor Company concluded its fourth Coat & Jacket Drive […]
Ford Global Week of Caring Kicks off This Week
Twenty employees from the Ford South Africa Struandale Engine Plant will spend one day this week turning an average shipping container into a functional soup kitchen in order to feed 500 disadvantaged individuals a week. This will serve as one of the centerpiece actions during the ninth Ford Global Week of Caring. During Global Week […]
Ford Volunteer Corps Feed Thousands of Hungry People
Last week, thousands of men, women, and children in need had full bellies thanks to the Ford Volunteer Corps, who dedicated a Ford Accelerated Action Day to providing the hungry with meals. Over 600 Ford employees cooked, packed, and delivered meals to those who needed them most alongside a multitude of non-profit organizations at shelters, […]
The Chevrolet Bolt EV Is Returning After All
Just a few months after announcing that the Chevrolet Bolt EV would be discontinued at the end of 2023, General Motors has reversed that decision. The automaker now says it will produce a next-generation Bolt EV with updated tech and performance. A Great Way to Buy Used: Learn about the GM Certified Pre-Owned program The […]
What’s Going On With Used Car Prices?
There are many reasons car prices have gone up, and they’re all intermingled in complex ways.
Rocket Rods: Disney’s Rocket-Powered Mistake – Pt. 2
In part one of this story, we discussed the history of Tomorrowland’s beloved Peoplemover, and how it was ultimately replaced by the car-themed Rocket Rods attraction. Now it’s time to find out how it all went very, very wrong. The New Hummer is Coming: And its quite the attraction A Rocket Rods replacement In the […]
2017 Ford C-MAX Overview
The 2017 Ford C-MAX is a five-passenger hatchback that Ford originally designed in Europe with the aim of showing fuel-efficient and practical cars could still be fun. Sure enough, the Ford C-MAX is plenty sporty and we would say Ford has accomplished its goal. It might not convince you to buy a hybrid if you […]