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12
STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITIES
Building cars people love is just part of what
we do at GM. We also build relationships that
reach out into the communities where we live
and work. GM, our employee team and the
General Motors Foundation are on the front
lines of our efforts to make those communities
better — from our United Way partnership
to providing scholarships and mentoring
students, to building houses and refurbishing
schools through our plant city grant program,
to educating parents on child safety through
our work with Safe Kids Worldwide.
And we’re doing it on a global scale. As the
founding sponsor of the One World Play Project,
Chevrolet is committed to providing 1.5 million
ultra-durable footballs (soccer balls) to youth
in war-stricken zones, refugee camps, disaster
areas and other underprivileged communities
around the world.
GM China is working to reduce vehicle-
related child injuries and raise public
awareness of child safety in and around
vehicles with the recent launch of Safe Kids
China. To date 13,000 children and their
families have benefited from the program.
As part of our commitment to STEM education,
GM is a founding sponsor of the FIRST®
Robotics Competition (FRC®), supporting
hundreds of teams and thousands of students
around the world. In Mexico, for example,
GM employees mentor seven teams, and our
company sponsors part of the competition
in which all 39 Mexican teams participate.
Meanwhile, GM India has joined with some
local schools to help support the basic
educational needs of children in underprivileged
communities, and we’re also actively involved
in promoting child vehicle safety awareness.
In Colombia, GM South America’s Pacto Motor
program provides young adults from families
with the most serious financial need the
technical and vocational education and training
for a career in automotive service and repair.
From the cars we design and build to the
customers we serve to the community needs
we meet, we are all in with giving our best each
and every day. You’ll see in the following pages
what our spirit and determination accomplished
in a pivotal year for our company.