UAW-Ford Donates $1.8 Million For State-Of-The-Art Baseball Field

BRIGHTON, Mich. - Today the UAW-Ford Motor Co. donates $1.8 million for a state-of-the-art baseball field in Detroit's historic Woodbridge Community. Ford Motor Company is dedicating the new baseball field to the late William Clay Ford Sr. and has an ongoing partnership with several community organizations, including the Woodbridge Community Youth Center.The joint initiative between the UAW and Ford Motor Co. represents the ongoing commitment to help strengthen and improve neighborhoods where its members live and work by giving back to those communities.

Jimmy Settles, UAW-Ford V.P stated, "UAW-Ford strongly believes investing in our youth is key to building a better Detroit and a bright future for generations to come. We share this commitment with the Ford family to build strong communities. Consequently, we are proud to invest in the neighborhoods in which our members work and live."

The new state-of-the-art ballpark will be an incredible centerpiece for the Midtown located Woodbridge Community, and will draw tons of visitors and teams both locally and regionally from across the state to Detroit. The UAW-Ford Motor Co. donates $1.8 million for state-of-the-art baseball field renovations, which include pitching and batting cages, new bleachers, a digitalized scoreboard, scenic landscaping, new lighting and renovated restrooms.

Not only does Ford create dependable vehicles, UAW-Ford Motor Co. also has an extended history of giving back to the local community. For more information on how Brighton Ford helps build local communities, visit our Community Involvement page! Brighton Ford is located at 8240 Grand River Ave. just north of I-96 in Brighton. We are a family owned and operated business that strives for customer satisfaction. 

For more information on Brighton Ford visit BrightonFord.com or give us a call at (800) 836-8206.

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UAW and Ford to Create Child Safety Program in Plant Communities

BRIGHTON, Mich. - The UAW and Ford have announced that they will be creating child safety programs in plant communities across the country. To do this, they will be teaming up with the American Football Coaches Association's National Child Identification Program in order to distribute inkless fingerprint ID kits to families in communities where Ford plants are located.

These kits are a perfect way to have a set of your child's fingerprints available and ready, should law enforcement need identifying information from you. Should then need this identifying information, you'll be able to quickly give the kit to the police if your child goes missing. These inkless fingerprint ID kits will be given, free of charge, to all UAW-Ford employees.

For every kit purchased by UAW-Ford to be handed out to plant employees, the National Child Identification Program will donate a kit. These donated kits will be given to families by the local schools, churches and law enforcement in the communities near Ford plants. The UAW-Ford have already set aside 50,000 kits to be passed out to children in Detroit Public Schools.

UAW-Ford has approached all U.S. plants and distribution centers in the U.S. asking them to participate in this great program, and all UAW-Ford facilities have! It is estimated that over 225,000 kits will be distributed through this program this year.

These inkless fingerprint ID kits are part of the National Child Identification Program that was created by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) in 1997. The AFCA set out with the goal to fingerprint 20 million children in the U.S. but have blown that number out of the water with an impressive 32 million kits that have been distributed both nationally and internationally.

If you'd like to learn more about how the UAW and Ford are creating Child Safety Programs in Plant Communities, you can visit the Ford website or stop by our dealership! We would be more than happy to help you find an ID kit for your own child, or even help you into a vehicle that has safety features designed to keep you and your family safe during your travels. Our friendly and knowledgeable sales team has all the vehicle-related car information you could possibly need, everything from Used Car Loans to Ford Early Bird Lease Program to buying a Certified Preowned Car!

Brighton Ford is located at 8240 Grand River Ave. just north of I-96 in Brighton. We are a family owned and operated business that strives for customer satisfaction. For more information on Brighton Ford visit BrightonFord.com or give us a call at (800) 836-8206.

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