– Chrysler Group has donated $300,000 for the Chicagoland Youth and Adult Training Center at Kennedy-King College–$50,000 in cash and $250,000 worth of cars, parts and training manuals.
– The Chicagoland Ford Dealer’s Association, in cooperation with Comcast and Court TV, will offer free digital fingerprinting for kids whose parents bring them to the Ford exhibit at the Chicago Auto Show in McCormick Place South from noon to 6 p.m. Feb. 15. The fingerprints can be used to identify missing children.
– All 50 states have joined in a $27 million, yearlong public education campaign to prevent rollover crashes of sport-utility vehicles. It features “ESUVEE,” a creature that appears to be part buffalo and part elephant, with headlights for eyes. The campaign will be shown in ads at movie theaters and on cable television programs targeted at young men. Drivers 16 to 24 account for about one-fourth of SUV crashes.
– The 2005 Detroit Auto Show drew 773,422 visitors in its nine-day run, organizers say. That’s down from 808,833 in 2004. The record is 810,699 in 2003. Organizers cite cold and snow for the lower turnout.
