Mercedes-Benz Financial Volunteers Help Teens Who Need a Place to Live by Refurbishing Olive Crest Run Homes in Orange County

  WHAT:   Approximately 42 Volunteers from the Mercedes-Benz Financial West
          Business Center in Costa Mesa will be spending Thursday, August
          10, painting, cleaning and doing light repairs on seven houses run
          by Olive Crest Homes & Services for Abused Children as homes for
          teens with no place to go.

  WHO:    Mark Ingram, Director -- West Business Center for Mercedes-Benz
          Financial (12:30 - 2:30 p.m.), will be on site working along side
          the other employee volunteers.

  WHEN:   Noon - 3 p.m., Thursday, August 10

  WHERE:  19356 Saylor Terrace
          Santa Ana, CA

  OTHER:  Olive Crest maintains eight homes for teenagers who for various
          reasons cannot live with their parents and are too old to be
          picked up by the foster system.  Each home has six resident teens
          as well as an Olive Crest Supervisor.  The Mercedes-Benz Financial
          volunteers will be split into six groups and refurbish six of the
          homes.  Each home has different needs, so each group will have a
          "custom make-over" but all will be re-painted on the interior.
          Additional activities may include building furniture, hanging
          curtains etc.

  About Olive Crest:

Since 1973, Olive Crest Homes & Services for Abused Children has been a leader in providing care for abused, abandoned and severely neglected children. Olive Crest is dedicated to Preventing child abuse, to Treating and Educating at-risk children and to Preserving the family... "One Life at a Time." (R)

Olive Crest continues to promote the safety and wellness of children and families through an array of innovative programs including specialized education, foster and adoption, family preservation, and residential homes. Olive Crest's outreach serves the states of California, Nevada and the Pacific Northwest. For information call 1-800-550-CHILD (2445) or visit www.olivecrest.org.

About Mercedes-Benz Financial:

Mercedes-Benz Financial provides financing for Mercedes-Benz dealers' inventories and their retail customers. Currently, 350,000 drivers in the United States enjoy the benefits of leasing or financing their Mercedes-Benz vehicles through Mercedes-Benz Financial, which is part of DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC. DCFSA's group of companies operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South America. DCFSA is part of the DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Group, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, which operates in 39 countries and has an employee base exceeding 11,000 and a global portfolio of approximately $139 billion. DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Group is one of the leading financial services enterprises worldwide. For more information visit www.MercedesBenzFinancial.com.

PRNewswire -- August 10