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Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB), Legal Aid Services of supportive investments from the philanthropic community
Oklahoma, PenFed Foundation, Semper Fi Fund, Southeast to assist community-based service providers,” said Deirdre
Louisiana Legal Services, FourBlock, George Washington Armstrong, BWF director of local partnerships.
University and American Corporate Partners.
$2,500,000: United Way for Southeastern Michigan
$2,000,000: Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) and Boys Ford Motor Company donated VIN 001 of its 2019
& Girls Clubs of America Ford GT Heritage Edition (bottom), effectively raising
At the 2020 Scottsdale Auction BWF and the Boys & $2,500,000 at the 2019 Scottsdale Auction for United Way
Girls Clubs of America benefited from the $2,000,000 for Southeastern Michigan.
sale of VIN 100001 of the 2021 Lexus LC 500 convertible “Ford did something really revolutionary when it brought
Inspiration Series (lower left). back the Ford GT to celebrate its 50th anniversary
A portion of the funds donated to BWF went to the Le Mans win,” said Steve Davis, president of Barrett-
CAFB. “The food bank helps our neighbors thrive today Jackson. “United Way for Southeastern Michigan also
by supplying food to a network of hundreds of local did something revolutionary with how it worked to
nonprofit partners, including pantries, soup kitchens create positive, measurable and sustainable change in the
and other organizations,” said Hilary Salmon, senior community. I am proud Barrett-Jackson was able to play a
director of marketing and communications at CAFB. part in that.”
“We also distribute food directly into the community $1,100,000: JDRF
through school-based programs, free farmer’s markets, During the 2019 Scottsdale Auction, Barrett-Jackson
senior centers, children’s after-school meal programs and Chairman and CEO Craig Jackson and his wife Carolyn
partnerships with military installations.”
Jackson (shown below with JDRF children and the team
BWF also donated some of the funds to grants targeting from Ford Shelby – including Edsel Ford and Aaron Shelby)
gaps in federally administered programs. “Federal programs wrote a $1,100,000 check to JDRF, the leading global
have had a tremendous impact addressing veteran organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research,
homelessness in the last decade, but they still require to purchase VIN 001 of the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby

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