Above: Employees from Chrysler Group and the United Auto Workers (UAW) continue on the third day of their 1,000 mile journey from Detroit to donate 100 new Dodge Dakatos, Rams and Durangos to support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The Dodge 100-truck convoy leaves the St. Louis North Assembly Plant loaded with supplies including chainsaws, gloves, shovels, toiletries, baby goods, food and water.

United Auto Workers from Warren (Mich.) Truck Assembly Plant and other Chrysler Group employees will start the procession on Sunday, Sept. 11 driving 10 new Dodge Dakotas from the Detroit-area plant to St. Louis.

Left: Volunteer Laurie Carter, a DaimlerChrysler hourly worker from the company's Mack Avenue (Mich.) Assembly Plant, forms a human chain to load relief supplies on one of the DaimlerChrysler vehicles headed to the Gulf Coast. The Dodge 100-truck convoy stopped at the St. Louis North Assembly Plant to load the trucks with supplies including chainsaws, gloves, shovels, toiletries, baby goods, food and water.

Photo by: DaimlerChrysler

The vehicle donation is part of the $4.4 million in assistance provided by DaimlerChrysler to the American Red Cross and Gulf Coast communities damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Additional Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
In addition, the Company has geared up to assist in relief efforts in a number of ways, including:

DaimlerChrysler Aviation Services flew six DC-8 cargo airplanes to the Gulf Coast (Shreveport, La., and Bay St. Louis, Miss.) in support of Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts. The cargo included: hospital beds, water, food, medical supplies, generators and clothing.