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August 31, 2010

Quicken Loans Team Member Makes A Difference To Help With Lung Cancer Research

Quicken Loans Team Member Makes a Difference to Help with Lung Cancer Research Quicken Loans Team Member Makes a Difference to Help with Lung Cancer Research

Quicken Loans team member Ron Wojnar decided to get shaved to help raise money and awareness about lung cancer, a disease that his mother-in-law is currently fighting.

Fellow team member Janet Walker stepped in by bidding $125 for Ron to get his head and face shaved last Friday. Thank you to Ron and Janet for your dedication and compassion in helping Karmanos Cancer Institute with research.

If you ask Ron why he did this, he will tell you it was for his mom. Way to go Ron. You are the DIFF!

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August 23, 2010

Quicken Loans and JA Finance Park Works With Ushers Camp New Look To Promote Financial Literacy

Quicken Loans and JA Finance Park works with Ushers Camp New Look

By Veronica Floyd

Quicken Loans teamed up with JA Finance Park to help Ushers Camp New Look understand financial literacy. The aim of the camp is to assist young people in becoming future entertainment moguls and entrepreneurs who have heightened awareness of social responsibility.

On Wednesday, August 11, 2010 a group of 25 talented students went through a hands on program to help prepare them for the real world through budgeting and personal financial planning. Upon entering JA Finance Park each student was given an ATM card with a unique life situation attached. Students were assigned an age, marital status, number of children (if any), employment and income. Students determined how much of their income was available to them each month after taxes. Based on their lifestyles and net monthly incomes, students made financial decisions as they visited different stations that exemplified diverse spending avenues. Students visited stations like Allstate for car insurance, Chevrolet for automobile purchases, and Somerset Collection for clothing options. They used stations like these to create and balance their personal budgets. Students soon became conscious that choices and compromises are key concepts for living within one’s means.

Quicken Loans and JA Finance Park is proud to help provide Detroit’s youth with a strong foundation for making intelligent, lifelong, personal financial decisions. Congratulations Ushers Camp New Look and we look forward to working with you again!

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August 09, 2010

Quicken Loans Supports The ALS Association With The 2nd Annual Hot Dog Cookout!

Quicken Loans Supports ALS with 2nd Annual Hot Dog Cookout

By Veronica Floyd

On Thursday, July 29, 2010 the weather was perfect for a cookout. From 11 am to 2 pm, The Quicken Loans Security Defenders team held their 2nd Annual Summer Cookout to benefit ALS.

The Security team took to the grill to cook dogs at the Livonia office to feed hungry team members. There was a line that wrapped around the parking lot, but who can resist a great lunch deal that benefits a good cause. With each donation a team member received a freshly grilled 1/4lb hot dog, chips, a cookie and a beverage. Wow! Now that’s a value meal. For an additional donation team members could get into a drawing for an autographed Shaquille O’Neal basketball and jersey.

Walt Wiessner, Vice President of Security, shared a few words on why he loved organizing the cookout “We all know it’s going towards a good cause. It makes it easier to work when you know where the money is going and that people are going to benefit from it.”

Last year’s summer cookout raised $2534.32 and this year the team raised over $3,200 to benefit ALSA! Thank you MGM for donating the delicious hot dogs and buns. A special thanks to the Security Team for grilling my hot dog just right and for another successful ALSA Fundraiser!

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July 26, 2010

Quicken Loans Digs In At Earthworks Urban Farm

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The Quicken Loans Community DIFF team recently had the opportunity to dig in at the Capuchin Earthworks Urban Farm in Detroit, to make a difference in their community, and came away with a much better understanding of what it means to be a part of a movement for food sovereignty. Food sovereignty is the people’s democratic control of the food system, the right of all people to healthy, culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.

At Earthworks Urban Farm, team members spent a hot Saturday morning harvesting vegetables including pea pods, potatoes and garlic, as well as cultivating, weeding and spreading mulch. This was not just a morning of hard work, getting dirty and team building. It was also a lesson in the great work being done through Earthworks Urban Farm to build a just, beautiful food system through education, inspiration, and community development.

At the end of our shift, it was easy to see that all of the Community DIFF volunteers left inspired enlightened and humbled to be a small part of such an important cause. Many of the volunteers purchased some of the vegetables they harvested, as well as fresh jam for a small fee. My family and I loved cooking and eating the fresh food from the garden we had just worked in all morning. It was a perfect way to end a wonderful afternoon.

Quicken Loans and its family of companies congratulates the great work that the Capuchin Earthworks Urban Farm does and all of their efforts and looks forward to returning in the near future. For more information on volunteering at Earthworks Urban Farm, visit: www.cskdetroit.org/ewg.

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July 15, 2010

Quicken Loans Congratulates The Newly Elected JARC 2010-2011 Board Members.

Quicken Loans and its family of companies is a longtime supporter of JARC, and is proud to congratulate their newly-elected officers for 2010-2011. Jeff Eisenshtadt, President of Title Source will be serving as President and David Carroll, Vice President of Quicken Loans as Vice President.

JARC has been helping people with disabilities be included in their community since 1969. This nonprofit agency is dedicated to enabling people live full, dignified lives, and to providing support and advocacy for their families.

Good luck to Jeff, David, and all of the JARC 2010-2011 board members.

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