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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChevrolet Donates 50 Trucks to Red Cross for Storm Relief
DETROIT, Oct. 30, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Chevrolet today donated 50 Silverado full-size pickup trucks and Express cargo vans to the American Red Cross for use in relief and recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy and other storms buffeting the Eastern seaboard and nearby states.
"It is during disasters like this that we all need to pull together as a country and Chevrolet has a role in that," said General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson. "Making these vehicles available quickly where they can do the most good is something we can do right now."
The trucks are being pulled from existing inventory at dealerships closest to where they are needed.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/30/4949361/chevrolet-donates-50-trucks-to.html#storylink=cpy
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Or was that Chrysler????
wellstone dem
(4,460 posts)we need to be able to "like" individual posts!!!
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)It's so confusing!
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Those heavy duty trucks will be really helpful especially in the flooded area.
Go Chevy!!
catrose
(5,073 posts)and included a horse.
Chevrolet probably asked first, too.
AllyCat
(16,223 posts)if he could just remember the PIN number for one of his Cayman accounts.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)this is a heck of a donation. Granted, it's also a heck of a tax write-off right before year's end but still.
P.S. GM has been speaking out against Romney's ad's in Ohio.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)My first thought: That is a really practical donation but also a big f*ck you to Romney.
obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Big???
I'll show you BIG.
Dear Mitt Romney,
Chichiri
(4,667 posts)ananda
(28,876 posts).. this was a good, generous deed!
And it looks a bit like a bit of good karmic payback for Obama's
initiative to save the auto industry here in the USA.
Botany
(70,585 posts)"Making these vehicles available quickly where they can do the most good is something we can do right now."
I have no doubt these trucks will be used and used and used to help the people.
kerouac2
(449 posts)obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)sheshe2
(83,919 posts)We bailed them out. Now they are helping to bail out the American people!
See the USA in your Chevrolet!
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)Or...
Thanks for the memories!
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)I tended to be partial to the blonde in the cowbow hat. The Dodge Rebellion!
They don't make them like that anymore!
AllyCat
(16,223 posts)This is a great thing for Americans.
Response to DURHAM D (Original post)
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reflection
(6,286 posts)"I like trucks. One of my friends owns a truck company. Another one of my friends, inspired by the movie 'Death Race', ran over poor people with his truck until he got to 10,000 points."
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)appacom
(296 posts)What irony that, because of Obama, GM is in position to give back
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)Another reason we should all thank this president and his administration for saving GM.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)flamingdem
(39,325 posts)yardwork
(61,711 posts)rustydog
(9,186 posts)We need to PRIVATIZE disaster relief.
4lbs
(6,865 posts)to relief a woman named Sandy!!!!
Oh noes! Thats 400 million a truck! Our taxpayer dolars at wprk!
Or so, the Freeper Teabagger story will say.
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)yellerpup
(12,254 posts)This wouldn't have happened if Detroit went bankrupt.
joanbarnes
(1,723 posts)Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)All walks, government and private sectors coming together for America. There should be no blue or red, pink or orange.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Not looking gift horse, but I hope they are 4x4 as well. Two wheel can be problematic.
TomClash
(11,344 posts)Romney - mark of Cain
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)that will help many for years to come.
Buddaman
(503 posts)NotThisTime
(3,657 posts)DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)I heard this report on CNBC yesterday late afternoon. I had the tv on last night and this am - mostly MSNBC. I have yet to hear anyone talking on my tv about this donation, let alone putting it in the proper context.
Has anyone seen this reported by MSM?
Uncle Joe
(58,423 posts)Thanks for the thread, Durham D.