Ford Awards $350,000 to Students in North Texas
Ford and the association of North Texas Ford Dealers have awarded roughly $350,000 in scholarships and technology prizes to students from more than 100 high schools throughout the area. The funds will primarily support students who plan on attending a degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, or in a field germane […]
Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer Blocks Jeep That Stole His Parking Spot
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is all about discipline and decided to teach some unlucky person a lesson for stealing his parking spot at Ohio State’s Woody Hayes Athletic Center. Running back Warren Ball Jr. tweeted a picture on June 15th of Coach Meyer’s Mercedes blocking in a Jeep Cherokee. “(This is) what happens when you […]
Ford Invests $1 Million in NoCal Education, Disaster Relief
Ford has announced that it’s kicking off a new philanthropic initiative in Northern California, a major aspect of which will result in $1 million worth of investments in middle school education, disaster relief, and driving safety. Among the programs Ford will be funding in Northern California is the San Jose leg of its Driving […]
William Clay Ford to Receive Ambassador for Humanity Award
It was announced today that Steven Spielberg, director of Schindler’s List and founder of the USC Shoah Foundation— The Institute for Visual History and Education, will present Ford Motor Company executive chairman William Clay Ford, Jr. with the Ambassador for Humanity Award. Ford will accept the award from the Oscar-winning director at the Institute’s September […]
GM Foundation Donating $100,000 in Grants to Outreach in Arlington
The GM Arlington Assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, has announced that it will be donating a total of $100,000 in grants to local organizations and community initiatives. The funds are being provided through the General Motors Foundation’s Plant City Grants program, and according to the automaker, will be used to build a stronger community and […]
GM, GM Foundation Donate $4M to Kettering University Projects
Kettering University will receive $2 million from General Motors Company and an additional $2 million from the GM Foundation for its indoor and outdoor lab spaces. The dual donation will provide Kettering’s students with state-of-the-art facilities in which they will learn the tools necessary to potentially become future innovators in the automotive industry. GM Foundation’s […]
Toyota Pledges $1.9 Million to STEM Programs in America
Toyota USA Foundation announced this week that it will be providing $1.9 million in grants to educational programs focused on teaching K-12 students the essentials of the STEM fields. Over the years, Toyota has been dedicated to raising the caliber of students (and, perhaps, future employees) by incentivizing pursuing interests in the fields of science, […]
Young Mazda Motorsports Racers Discourage Distracted Driving
This past weekend, Mazda Road to Indy took to the streets of Long Beach for the Toyota Grand Prix to promote a specific message: drive safely! Mazda Motorsports has begun spreading the message of Project Yellow Light, a video-based scholarship competition which encourages young drivers to “develop and embrace safe driving habits.” Mazda is relying […]
Girl Scouts Partner with Toyota to Help Empower Girls
Earlier today, the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) announced it would be partnering with Toyota Financial Services (TFS) to help girls blossom into self-reliant young women who can make a difference in their communities and contribute to a stronger economy. The multi-year partnership will see TFS donating $2.1 million in funds to help GSUSA […]
Ford STEAM Lab to Hold Two-Day Hackathon in Detroit
Ford STEAM Lab will hold a two-day hackathon from March 27-28 at the Ford Resource and Engagement Center in Detroit. The hackathon will help 100 middle school students from five different schools in the Detroit-area learn more about software coding by allowing them to “hack” an application, and it will award the most noteworthy students […]
Ford Fund Contributes $800,000 to North Texas Schools
Ford has announced that its charitable arm—the Ford Fund—will partner with North Texas Ford Dealers to produce $800,000 in education programs and awareness throughout North Texas in 2015. To date, including this latest investment, Ford has contributed almost $2 million in the region since 2013. “We are very excited to continue this program in North […]
Ford and Lincoln Dealers Gave Nearly $100 Million in 2014
According to the 2014 Survey on Dealer Giving, Ford and Lincoln dealerships around the United States combined to give back to their communities the tune of $100 million last year. The results, which were revealed at the 15th annual Salute to Dealers awards at the NADA Convention in San Francisco, detailed the various efforts of […]
Tennessee Bill to Make Drinking in Cars Illegal, Because Apparently it’s Not Yet
Earlier this week, we reported on a distracted driving law in Georgia that had been used to ticket a man for eating a cheeseburger while operating a vehicle. Today we bring you a similar but much more reasonable proposed law from Tennessee, which if passed, would make drinking in cars illegal for passengers as well […]
Chrysler Hosts 3rd Annual Detroit Autorama High School Design Competition
Chrysler Group today released the details of its 3rd annual Detroit Autorama High School Design Competition, which allows high school students (grades 10 – 12) to put their artistic talents to the test and ultimately win some cool prizes, including a $60,000 scholarship to the College for Creative Studies (CSS) in Detroit. CSS is highly […]
Ford Sponsors Honor Flight Chicago Ahead of Veteran’s Day
Veteran’s Day is tomorrow, and Ford got a jump on honoring the men and women of the armed forces by sponsoring Honor Flight Chicago on October 29. The flight, which ran from Chicago to Washington D.C. at the end of last month, transported 91 World War II veterans to the Nation’s Capital so that they could pay […]
DoSomething.org and Toyota’s The Hunt Inspire 99,000 Young People to Take Action
Back in July, we reported on something pretty cool that Toyota and DoSomething.org were involved in. That cool thing was called Toyota’s The Hunt, and it ran from August 4th until August 10th. Each day, DoSomething.org members received a challenge aimed towards a different cause, including physical and mental health, the environment, and education. The […]
Hyundai Supports Driverless Cars with Student Competition
From new car-connected apps to designing whole cars, innovations in the automotive industry are relying increasingly on the contributions of young minds. One of these inevitable developments has become the self-driving car. While the genesis of the autonomous car has been primarily seen in Silicon Valley, thanks to Google’s efforts, major automakers around the world are having […]
Ghostbusters Help Ford Announce $350,000 Louisville School Grant
There are a lot of things worth noting in the announcement that Ford and UAW Ford will grant $350,000 to float a new education program for teachers in the Louisville, Kentucky area. There’s the creation of what the automaker calls the “Ford NGL Collaborative Learning Externship,” which involves taking two teams of 15 teachers, each […]