Ford Donates Vehicles to DAV, Strengthens Efforts to Assist Disabled Veterans and Honor Their Service
August 07 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
- Ford Motor Company continues its
long-standing relationship with DAV (Disabled American Veterans) by
donating seven vehicles to the DAV Transportation Network
- Ford continues to invest in DAV
scholarships and the Winter Sports Clinic, and adds support for DAV
5K events to honor veterans and raise funds for needed
services
- Since 1974, Ford Fund has contributed
nearly $9.3 million to veterans organizations
Ford Motor Company is donating seven Ford Flex utility vehicles
to the DAV, extending a strong relationship that has assisted
disabled military veterans for 93 years.
The vehicles will become part of the DAV Transportation Network
that enlists volunteer drivers to take sick and disabled veterans
to VA medical centers across the country. They will be deployed to
DAV locations in Little Rock, Arkansas, Iowa City, Iowa, Iron
Mountain, Michigan, Omaha, Nebraska, Portland, Oregon, Salt Lake
City, Utah and Seattle, Washington. Since 1996, Ford has donated
199 vehicles to the DAV fleet.
“Transportation and community service are two important areas
where Ford excels,” said Jim Vella, president, Ford Motor Company
Fund and Community Services. “We are proud to be able to help these
heroes of freedom get the critical services they need to make their
lives better.”
In addition to the new Ford Flex vehicles, Ford Fund, the
philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, is sponsoring DAV 5K walks
this fall in Atlanta, Cincinnati and San Diego. Ford Fund also is
continuing support for the Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship
Program, which provides scholarships to deserving young men and
women who have generously volunteered their time to help disabled
veterans in their community.
This past spring, Ford supported the DAV Winter Sports Clinic in
Snowmass Village, Colorado. The company will again partner with
Project SNAP to engage veterans and the public to draw messages of
thanks to active military members that will become part of this
year’s Operation Grateful Nation mural. The artwork from last
year’s event is currently on display at the Pentagon.
“We are extremely proud of our long partnership with Ford Motor
Company,” said DAV National Commander Ron Hope. “Ford is an
American institution and we’re grateful they continue to support
the men and women who preserve the American way of life we hold
sacred. Without this donation many of these veterans would go
without the medical care they earned.”
Ford Motor Company and the DAV have been working together to
help the nation's wounded military veterans since Henry Ford
organized a cross-country caravan of 50 Model T vehicles to take
disabled veterans to the 1922 DAV national convention in San
Francisco.
Ford’s support for veterans continues to evolve to meet their
changing needs. Earlier this year, Ford collaborated with National
Veterans Transition Services, Inc. on the Freedom’s Sisters REBOOT
Workshop that helped women veterans address the unique challenges
they face transitioning out of the military.
Ford Fund also sponsors Honor Flights to transport World War II
veterans to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
and featured a special salute to the nation’s military called Focus
on Freedom during this year’s Ford Fireworks in Detroit. The event
included a special reception for veterans and their families, plus
a thrilling flyover by vintage World War II-era planes.
Since 1974, Ford and Ford Fund have provided nearly $9.3 million
to veterans’ organizations.
Ford today employs more than 7,000 veterans plus hundreds of
active military personnel, reservists and guardsmen.
About Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services
Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services works with
community and global partners to advance driving safety, education
and community life. Ford Motor Company Fund has operated for more
than 65 years with ongoing funding from Ford Motor Company. Ford
Driving Skills for Life is free, interactive, hands-on safety
training focused on skill development and driving techniques, while
addressing inexperience, distractions and impaired driving.
Innovation in education is encouraged through Ford Blue Oval
Scholars, Ford Next Generation Learning and other inspiring
programs that enhance high school learning and provide college
scholarships and university grants. The Ford Volunteer Corps
enlists more than 30,000 Ford employees and retirees each year to
work on local projects that strengthen their communities and
improve people’s lives in more than 40 countries around the world.
For more information, visit http://community.ford.com.
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in
Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six
continents. With about 195,000 employees and 66 plants worldwide,
the company’s automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The
company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit
Company. For more information regarding Ford and its products
worldwide, please visit www.corporate.ford.com.
About DAV
DAV empowers veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect
and dignity. It is dedicated to a single purpose: fulfilling our
promises to the men and women who served. DAV does this by ensuring
that veterans and their families can access the full range of
benefits available to them; fighting for the interests of America’s
injured heroes on Capitol Hill; and educating the public about the
great sacrifices and needs of veterans transitioning back to
civilian life. DAV, a non-profit organization with nearly 1.3
million members, was founded in Cincinnati in 1920 and chartered by
the U. S. Congress in 1932. Learn more at www.dav.org.
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