100 Chrysler Group and Chrysler Financial Employees Take a Walk Through the Focus: HOPE Neighborhood to Raise Money for Scholarships

         DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund and Chrysler Financial
                       Donate $10,000 to Walk 2006

What: Chrysler Group and Chrysler Financial executives and employees will join Focus: HOPE in Walk 2006 to raise money for educational scholarships. The scholarships will be awarded to students pursuing engineering, computer and technical careers. The scenic route will start at Focus: HOPE and include a path down Oakman Boulevard to Woodrow Wilson, to Livernois and back to Focus: HOPE for a total of three miles.

  Who:
  Monica Emerson, Executive Director of Diversity Office -- Chrysler Group

William Jones, Vice President -- Chrysler Financial and Focus: HOPE Board Member

  Chrysler Group volunteers
  Chrysler Financial volunteers

  When:  Sunday, October 8, 2006
         1 p.m. -- Focus: HOPE Walk 2006 kick-off

  Where:  Focus: HOPE
          1355 Oakman Blvd
          Detroit, MI 48238

Details: The walk will start and end at Focus: HOPE. Employees and community leaders will be available for interviews and photo opportunities.

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