DaimlerChrysler Services Donates 2006 Freightliner to Forgotten Harvest
01 Octobre 2005 - 12:54AM
PR Newswire (US)
New vehicle will deliver 6 million pounds of food annually to those
in need FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
DaimlerChrysler Services North America, the financial services unit
of DaimlerChrysler AG, aided by its Truck Finance division and a
Freightliner dealership in Mount Clemens, Mich., donated a 2006
Freightliner M2 Truck with an 18-foot refrigerated van body to
Forgotten Harvest, a Michigan organization that delivers perishable
food goods to those in need. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050930/DEF021 ) Susan
Goodell, Executive Director of Forgotten Harvest, accepted the keys
to a vehicle from Klaus Entenmann, President and CEO of
DaimlerChrysler Services North America, in a surprise presentation
today. "This new truck will help ensure that more than 6 million
pounds of food are provided annually to people in need," Goodell
said. "We plan to use this new truck to deliver food to victims of
Hurricane Katrina who have moved to southeast Michigan." To date,
DaimlerChrysler Services and its employees have donated over
$300,000 to the American Red Cross to aid victims of Katrina. About
DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC DaimlerChrysler Services
North America LLC provides brand-specific financing for automotive
dealers' inventories and their retail consumers and does business
as Chrysler Financial and Mercedes-Benz Credit. As DaimlerChrysler
Services Truck Finance it also finances commercial vehicles for
affiliate products such as Freightliner, Sterling and Western Star.
The company serves as the headquarters for the operations in the
United States, Canada, Mexico, South America and Puerto Rico and
has over 5,800 employees who manage a portfolio of more than $95
billion with nearly five million contracts. DaimlerChrysler
Services North America is a member of the DaimlerChrysler Financial
Services Group, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, which operates in
39 countries with an employee base exceeding 11,000 and a global
portfolio of $139 billion. DaimlerChrysler Financial Services is
one of the leading financial services companies worldwide. About
Forgotten Harvest Forgotten Harvest was formed in 1990 to fight two
problems: hunger and waste. Forgotten Harvest currently rescues
more than 5.7 million pounds of food per year by collecting surplus
prepared and perishable food from a variety of sources, including
grocery stores, fruit and vegetable markets, restaurants, caterers,
dairies, farmers, wholesale food distributors, and other Health
Department-approved sources. This donated food, which otherwise
would go to waste, is delivered absolutely free of charge to
emergency food providers in the Metro Detroit area. The individuals
and families served are as diverse as the community's residents --
young and old, from all races and faiths. The common bond uniting
them with each other and Forgotten Harvest is hunger.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050930/DEF021
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: DaimlerChrysler Services
North America CONTACT: Jack Ferry of DaimlerChrysler Services,
+1-248-427-3124, ; or Susan Sherbow of Forgotten Harvest,
+1-248-350-3663, Web site:
http://www.daimlerchryslerservices.com/na
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