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With the help of key corporate partners including Delta Air Lines, the U-M Solar Car Team continues to compete on an international stage. Here, team members and parents pose with their car Infinium in Adelaide, Australia, after finishing third in the recent World Solar Challenge- part of the Global Green Challenge.
Delta Air Lines' contributions to the University of Michigan have touched thousands of students and community members. As the platinum sponsor and official airline for the U-M Solar Car Team, Delta provides student support to allow this 100+ member team to compete on the global stage. With Delta's generous support, the team traveled to Australia to compete in the recent 2009 World Solar Challenge- part of the Global Green Challenge- where they placed third out of a formidable list of international competitors, equaling the 1990, 2001, and 2005 teams for best finish.
Delta's giving also expands across campus to the Health System, as the airline serves as presenting sponsor of the Griese/Hutchinson/Woodson Champions for Children's Hearts Weekend, a dinner and celebrity golf tournament to benefit the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Congenital Health Center. The 2009 event welcomed over 500 former U-M football players, sponsors and participants from across the country, raising $600,000 for the new Mott hospital to support research for children's health.
In addition to these recent contributions, Delta, through its Northwest subsidiary has a legacy of long-term and broad impact on the University of Michigan and the community we serve. Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Ms. Andrea Fischer Newman, a U-M alumna, has served in the highest capacity at the University as a member of the Board of Regents since 1994. An active on-campus recruiter, Delta also continues to support the local arts, allowing southeast Michigan audiences young and old to enjoy the Royal Shakespeare Company's residency in recent years. With a jetstream of complementary support for international travel, U-M hockey and basketball programs, the Ford School of Public Policy, and U-M Dearborn Henry Ford Estate, Delta's support has enabled U-M to continually reach for the skies.
You can increase your individual gift to U-M by making use of your company's matching gift program. To find out if your company has a matching gift policy, please enter your employer's name in the search box below. If your company is elegible, request a matching gift form from your employer, and send it here completed and signed with your gift. Through the matching gifts program, the impact of your gift may be doubled or possibly tripled. In some instances, companies match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses.
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