More than 550 employees from General Electric (GE) businesses in Kansas City will participate in GE's Day of Caring on Thursday, October 18. A company-wide initiative, GE's Day of Caring involves GE businesses around the world joining together to serve their respective communities.

Volunteers from 16 GE businesses in Kansas City will roll up their sleeves to clean, paint, and repair the interior and exterior of the City Union Mission campus (1108 E. 10th St., Kansas City, Mo.) and the Ozanam Home for Boys (421 E. 137th St., Kansas City, Mo.). City Union Mission provides a wide variety of services to underprivileged and homeless individuals and families. Ozanam provides residential and day services to troubled children.

"This collaboration between GE and the Kansas City community is truly inspiring," said Al Stanley, Chief Operating Officer and United Way Chairperson for Overland Park-based GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation. "It is invigorating to see so many people give their time and talents to benefit others in need."

During September, a weeklong fundraising effort for the United Way was held by GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation (GE ERC), who is leading this effort in Kansas City. Nationwide, GE ERC employees exceeded their fundraising goal of $500,000 by collecting over $650,000 through pledges, raffles, auctions, and a variety of scheduled employee events. These donations are matched by a $325,000 donation by GE.

Employees from the following GE businesses will be participating in this year's GE Day of Caring event:

-- GE ERC
-- GE Lighting
-- GE Card Services
-- GE Transportation Systems
-- GE Med Systems
-- GE Capital Information Technology Services
-- GE Capital Vendor Financial Services
-- GE Capital Commercial Direct
-- GE Support
-- GE Supply
-- GE Plastics
-- GE Capital Commercial Equipment Financing
-- GE Automation Services
-- GE Capital Commercial Equipment Financing
-- GE Capital Modular space
-- GE Capital Penske Truck Leasing

Employers Reinsurance Corporation, a GE company, is the world's fourth-largest reinsurer and a premier global provider of risk solutions. GE ERC serves clients in property and casualty, life, healthcare, and professional liability insurance and reinsurance, and other risk management services. GE ERC has earned the highest ratings in the industry: AAA from Standard & Poor's, A++ from A.M. Best Company and Aaa from Moody's. More information on ERC is available at www.ercgroup.com.

GE (NYSE:GE), with 2000 revenues of $130 billion, is a diversified technology, services and manufacturing company with a commitment to achieving customer success. GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs 313,000 people worldwide.

GE is committed to being a respected corporate citizen. Employees give more than one million hours of their time to volunteer initiatives. Collectively, the GE companies worldwide contribute more than $90 million annually to support education, the arts, the environment and human service organizations. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.ge.com.

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