Chrysler Group Volunteers Paint the Town and Help Revitalize Plant Communities

Employees from Jefferson North Assembly Plant and Mack Avenue Engine Complex

      refurbish homes near Chrysler Group plants for the second year

  WHAT:    Volunteers from Chrysler Group plants will paint and refurbish a
           home located near the plant facilities in the annual "Paint the
           Town" project.

  WHO:     100 volunteers from Jefferson North Assembly Plant and Mack
           Avenue Engine Complex.

           Irwin Raphael, Jefferson North Plant Manager

           Archie Williams, Jefferson North Human Resources Manager

           Note:  Homeowners may be available for interviews.

  WHEN:    Saturday, Aug. 9

  WHERE:   5701 Harding St., Detroit

  DETAILS/
  OTHER:   Chrysler Group employees from Jefferson North Assembly Plant
           and Mack Avenue Engine Complex are getting their paint brushes,
           primer and paint ready for the annual "Paint the Town" project.
           Created in 1988, "Paint the Town" involves volunteers from the
           metropolitan Detroit area who help people with disabilities,
           the elderly and low-income families to beautify their homes.
           Volunteers from the two Chrysler Group plants will paint a
           selected home in their plant's local neighborhood, and make
           necessary repairs to gutters and porches.  This is the second
           year that selected homes were located in the Jefferson North
           and Mack Engine facility neighborhoods.

           Jefferson North Assembly Plant manufactures the Jeep(R) Grand
           Cherokee.  Mack Avenue Engine Complex manufactures 3.7-liter and
           4.7-liter engines for the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty, and
           the Dodge Durango, Dakota, Ram and Ram Quad Cab.

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PRNewswire -- Aug. 7
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