FCA US Gathers Nearly 1,000 Employees To Help ‘Remodel Lives’ In Detroit
Employees & Volunteers Help Detroiters Revitalize Community...
FCA US employee-volunteers from the Jefferson North Assembly Plant work together to board up a house. (FCA US).
Next week (Oct. 1-6), nearly 1,000 FCA US LLC Motor Citizens (employee-volunteers) will join Detroit-based nonprofit Life Remodeled as it continues to change lives and revitalize the neighborhood surrounding the Durfee Innovation Society (the former Durfee Elementary Middle School) and Central High School.
Additional Facts:
Life Remodeled represents the single, largest deployment of Motor Citizens each year. (FCA US).
In the coming week, Life Remodeled plans to mobilize 10,000 volunteers on the same blocks, but go beyond blight removal. Projects include planting 1,000 trees and perennials, building community gardens and installing little free libraries. Volunteers will also help designate the safest routes to schools with artwork, upgrade several parks, install new bus shelters and add neighborhood signage.
Last year, more than 750 FCA US Motor Citizens helped Life Remodeled:
Employees & Volunteers Help Detroiters Revitalize Community...
FCA US employee-volunteers from the Jefferson North Assembly Plant work together to board up a house. (FCA US).
Next week (Oct. 1-6), nearly 1,000 FCA US LLC Motor Citizens (employee-volunteers) will join Detroit-based nonprofit Life Remodeled as it continues to change lives and revitalize the neighborhood surrounding the Durfee Innovation Society (the former Durfee Elementary Middle School) and Central High School.
Additional Facts:
- This year marks the fourth year in a row that Motor Citizens has joined forces with Life Remodeled
- Life Remodeled represents the single largest deployment of Motor Citizens each year, engaging a wide array of FCA US employee-volunteers from the company’s metro Detroit offices and facilities
- In 2017, Motor Citizens volunteered a total of 15,000 hours with Detroit nonprofit organizations
Life Remodeled represents the single, largest deployment of Motor Citizens each year. (FCA US).
In the coming week, Life Remodeled plans to mobilize 10,000 volunteers on the same blocks, but go beyond blight removal. Projects include planting 1,000 trees and perennials, building community gardens and installing little free libraries. Volunteers will also help designate the safest routes to schools with artwork, upgrade several parks, install new bus shelters and add neighborhood signage.
Last year, more than 750 FCA US Motor Citizens helped Life Remodeled:
- Repair 53 homes
- Board up 534 vacant houses
- Remove blight on 367 city blocks
