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12-Year-Old with Sickle Cell Anemia and a Love of Jeep(R) Vehicles Will Tour Jeep Plant in Toledo, Thanks to Chrysler Group and Make-A-Wish Foundation

WHAT: Myfargane Raymond, 12, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., suffers from sickle cell anemia. He is a big fan of Jeep(R) vehicles and wants to be an automotive designer one day. Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Raymond asked to visit a Jeep manufacturing facility. The Chrysler Group will make that wish come true with a tour of the Toledo North Assembly Plant for Raymond and his family.

  WHO:  *  Myfargane Raymond, 12, the Make-A-Wish child
        *  Marie Leslie Raymond, 41, his mother
        *  Myfargane's four siblings, ages 8, 10, 13 and 14
        *  representatives of the Chrysler Group and the Toledo Make-A-Wish
           Foundation

  WHEN:  Wednesday, June 9 from 10 a.m. - Noon

  DETAILS:  The media is asked to enter the facility at visitor's lobby.
            Available times are:
            *  10:15 a.m., to film and photograph the tour; no interviews
            *  11:15 a.m., conclusion of the tour, followed by interviews
               with participants

OTHER: This special tour of the Toledo North Assembly Plant, home of the Jeep Liberty, comes one day after Raymond and his family are scheduled to visit the Chrysler Group Design Center in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Additional information and news from DaimlerChrysler is available on the Internet at: http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com/

PRNewswire -- June 7

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