Detroit Area Agency on Aging and Ford Delivers Thousands of Thanksgiving Meals to Homebound Seniors

DETROIT - Nov. 21, 2014 - PRLog -- Ford Motor Company is teaming up with the Detroit Area Agency on Aging (DAAA) for the seventh consecutive year as part of the Holiday Meals on Wheels Thanksgiving program.  Their efforts will ensure more than 6,000 area homebound seniors can enjoy a Thanksgiving Day meal.

Ford has donated $40,000 to DAAA.  The Meals on Wheels program also supplies daily meal service to seniors based on available funds.  The Ford donation not only goes to supply the food for Thanksgiving Meals, but it provides additional funding for the daily meal service.

Additionally, Ford employees and their families will come together on Wednesday, Nov. 26, to assemble freshly prepared meals at Valley Services at 1980 Bagley in Detroit, starting at 8 a.m.

”Each year, 49 million Americans – including 16 million children – struggle with hunger,” said Jim Vella, president of Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services. “Our continued commitment to DAAA is part of our year-round effort to provide hunger relief and create a healthier community.”

Ford Fund and Ford Motor Company have expanded hunger relief efforts all over the United States through a combined investment of $1.3 million in grants, vehicles and other assistance to tackle hunger and homelessness.

“Thanksgiving is America’s most-cherished meal, and we want to make sure our seniors have the opportunity to enjoy this tradition,” said Paul Bridgewater, Detroit Area Agency on Aging president and CEO.  “Ford Motor Company’s generous donation will help us to be able to deliver fresh, hot meals to 6,000 seniors on Thanksgiving Day. It is not only a donation to DAAA, but a gift to our entire community.”

Throughout the 2014 holiday season, Ford will partner with Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center and Feeding America® in a text-to-donate campaign, for which Ford is committed to providing up to $250,000 in matching donations.

About Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services
Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services works with community partners to advance driving safety, education and community life. For more than 60 years, Ford Motor Company Fund has operated with ongoing funding from Ford Motor Company. The award-winning Ford Driving Skills for Life program teaches new drivers through a variety of hands-on and interactive methods. Innovation in education is encouraged through programs that enhance high school learning and provide college scholarships and university grants. Through the Ford Volunteer Corps, more than 25,000 Ford employees and retirees work on projects each year that better their communities in more than 20 countries. For more information, visit www.community.ford.com.

About Detroit Area Agency on Aging
DAAA is a private, non-profit agency that serves older persons age 60 years and over, adults with disabilities and caregivers in the City of Detroit, the five Grosse Pointes, Hamtramck, Harper Woods and Highland Park. Services are funded through the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 as amended and state Older Michiganians Act funding as well as other resources. Visit http://www.daaa1a.org