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The Chrysler Foundation Donates $100,000 to Marine Toys for Tots Foundation


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- Toys for Tots also will receive hundreds of toys - Donation marks more than 10 years of support from Chrysler and its manufacturing plants - New Detroit Symphony Orchestra director makes first public appearance

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 14 -- What:     Thousands of children will have a happier holiday season thanks
            to the generosity of The Chrysler Foundation, which today will
            present a $100,000 check to Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and
            enough toys to fill five Chrysler and Dodge minivans.  After the
            check presentation, Leonard Slatkin, the new director of the
            Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), will conduct the DSO in his
            first public appearance.  Slatkin is the former director of the
            National Symphony in Washington, D.C.  The Toys for Tots
            donation will help parents who don't have the funds to buy
            holiday gifts for their children.  Chrysler and its
            manufacturing plants have supported Toys for Tots for more than
            10 years.

  Who:      Frank Fountain, Chrysler LLC Senior Vice President - External
            Affairs and Public Policy

            Retired Lt. Gen. Matthew T. Cooper, President and CEO of Marine
            Toys for Tots Foundation

            Leonard Slatkin, Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

  When:     Friday, December 14, 2007 11:45 a.m. - Noon

  Where:    Chrysler Technology Center
            800 Chrysler Drive
            Auburn Hills, Michigan