DTE Energy Employee Fund Drive Raises Holiday Dollars for Michigan Charities
December 19 2006 - 1:09PM
PR Newswire (US)
DETROIT, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy employees and the DTE
Energy Foundation gave $200,000 to Michigan charities during a
six-week holiday fund-raising drive. DTE Energy employees donated
$105,000, which the Foundation matched with an additional $95,000.
The funds were distributed in December to a variety of nonprofit
human services organizations. "I'm enormously proud of our
employees," said Anthony F. Earley Jr., DTE Energy chairman and
CEO. "Even in these difficult economic times, they went above and
beyond to help others in need." The DTE Energy Foundation matched
employee gifts dollar-for-dollar, up to $1,000 per person. More
than 30 nonprofit organizations statewide benefited from the fund
drive, including: * Salvation Army, multiple locations statewide.
($36,000) * Capuchin Community Center, Detroit. ($31,200) *
Coalition on Temporary Shelter, Detroit. ($15,900) * Gleaners
Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, Detroit. ($12,000) *
Lighthouse of Oakland County, Pontiac. ($7,900) * St. Martin's
Lutheran Church Mid City Nutrition Center, Port Huron. ($7,500) *
Greater Lansing Food Bank, Lansing. ($5,000) * Monroe County Food
Bank, Monroe. ($3,700) * Turning Point, Inc., Mt. Clemens. ($3,000)
The DTE Energy Foundation is the philanthropic arm of DTE Energy,
continuing the legacy of community support and involvement of its
principal operating subsidiaries, Detroit Edison and MichCon. The
Foundation directs its contributions to nonprofit organizations
under its "LEAD" guidelines: leadership, education, environment,
achievement, development and diversity in the DTE Energy service
territory, which includes southeast, western and northern Michigan.
These guidelines are extended to include matching gifts to human
services organizations during the company's annual holiday gifts
program. DATASOURCE: DTE Energy CONTACT: Eileen Dixon,
+1-313-235-9154, or Lorie Kessler, +1-313-235-8807, both of DTE
Energy Web site: http://www.dteenergy.com/
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