DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Volunteers To Help Refurbish Burton International School in Detroit

WHAT: Some 160-200 volunteers from the DaimlerChrysler Financial Services (DCFS) Finance Department (in Farmington Hills) will spend Thursday, August 24 helping refurbish the Burton International School in Detroit in conjunction with the Greater Corktown Development Corporation (GCDC). The volunteers will paint the school's interior, stain picnic tables, lay sod and add wood chips to the play area, as well as perform other general maintenance and repair functions.

  WHO:   Andree Ohmstedt, DCFS Vice President - Regional and Brand
          Controlling
         Kevin Cunningham, DCFS Vice President - Risk Management
         Karla Middlebrooks, DCFS Vice President - Finance and Controlling
         Tim McKay, Chief Operating Officer of the GCDC

  WHEN:  9:30 - 11:30 a.m. and 1 - 3:30 p.m., Thursday, August 24

  WHERE: 1333 Pine Street
         Detroit, MI

OTHER: This is the second consecutive year members of the DCFS Finance Department have volunteered their time to work with the GCDC to improve this section of Detroit. Last year the volunteers concentrated on a general clean up of the Corktown Historic District.

About Greater Corktown Development Corporation:

The primary mission of the Greater Corktown Development Corporation, a community-based housing development organization since 1976, is to facilitate the redevelopment of a diverse, vibrant and affordable urban village in the Greater Corktown area.

About DaimlerChrysler Financial Services:

DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC provides brand-specific financing for automotive dealers' inventories and their retail consumers, and conducts business as Chrysler Financial and Mercedes-Benz Financial. As DaimlerChrysler Truck Financial, it also finances commercial vehicles for affiliate products such as Freightliner, Sterling and Western Star. The company serves as the headquarters for operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela, and has approximately 5,600 employees who manage a portfolio of more than $107 billion with nearly five million contracts. DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC is a company of the DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Group, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, which operates in 39 countries with an employee base of close to 11,000 and a global portfolio of approximately $147 billion. DaimlerChrysler Financial Services is one of the leading financial services organizations worldwide.

PRNewswire -- Aug. 22