The Chrysler Foundation and Chrysler Financial Donate $100,000 to Forgotten Harvest to Help Feed the Hungry

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 23, 2007 -- The Chrysler Foundation and Chrysler Financial have presented Forgotten Harvest with a $100,000 donation at the annual Woodward Dream Cruise. The donation will go toward Forgotten Harvest's $3.6 million capital campaign for its new headquarters in Oak Park, Mich.

"We are pleased to assist Forgotten Harvest in its mission to drive out hunger from our communities," said Brian Glowiak, Vice President of The Chrysler Foundation. "At The New Chrysler we have a passion for helping the communities where we live and work and helping to feed those in need is a job that should be done everyday."

Forgotten Harvest provides perishable food to those in need. Currently, Forgotten Harvest delivers more than 8.5 million pounds of fresh, perishable food to 135 emergency food providers in the metropolitan Detroit area annually.

"We at Chrysler Financial are thrilled to support a worthy organization such as Forgotten Harvest," said Paul Knauss, President and CEO of Chrysler Financial. "In living up to our core value of Financial and Social Responsibility, we at Chrysler Financial are proud to support Forgotten Harvest. Our employees have worked on Forgotten Harvest trucks and have seen first-hand the positive affect this organization has in the communities we live and work."

"We are so grateful to the Chrysler Foundation and Chrysler Financial for this generous donation towards our capital campaign," said Susan Goodell, executive director of Forgotten Harvest. "Chrysler and its leadership have been valued partners in our mission to end hunger and waste in metro Detroit and we are truly indebted to them for their support and commitment."

Forgotten Harvest

Forgotten Harvest was formed in 1990 to fight two problems: hunger and waste. Forgotten Harvest currently rescues over 8.5 million pounds of food per year by collecting surplus prepared and perishable food from a variety of sources, including grocery stores, produce markets, restaurants, caterers, dairies, farmers, wholesale food distributors, and other Health Department- approved sources. This donated food, which would otherwise go to waste, is delivered absolutely free of charge to emergency food providers in the metro Detroit area. The individuals and families served are as diverse as the community's residents - young and old, from all races and faiths. The common bond uniting them with each other and with Forgotten Harvest is hunger.

The Chrysler Foundation

Now in its 54th year, The Chrysler Foundation is the primary source of charitable grants made by Chrysler. Formerly known as the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund, the Foundation annually supports hundreds of charitable organizations with an emphasis on community growth and enrichment, education, arts and culture, public policy, youth development and disaster relief programs throughout the United States and, increasingly, the world. The Foundation's Good Neighbor, Good Citizen(R) programs make a positive, lasting investment in local communities where our employees, customers and neighbors live.

Chrysler Financial

Chrysler Financial offers automotive financial products and services to both dealers and consumers of Chrysler, Jeep(R) and Dodge vehicles in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. In addition to offering vehicle wholesale and retail financing to more than 4,400 Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealers, Chrysler Financial also provides fleet management and lines of credit to dealers. Currently, nearly three million drivers in the United States enjoy the benefits of leasing or financing with Chrysler Financial. Chrysler Financial has an employee base of 4,200 and supports a global portfolio of $75 billion. For more information visit corp.chryslerfinancial.com.

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