Elfuns to the Rescue
Supporting Arts-in-Education Programs
Giving Young Boys a Chance
Restoring Faith and Hope
Refurbishing a Development Center


Elfuns to the Rescue

After Hurricane Fran ripped through Wilmington, N.C., in September, a group of 47 Elfun volunteers from GE Aircraft Engines in Cincinnati, Ohio, took a 700-mile overnight bus trip to join fellow Elfuns in Wilmington in clearing trees and debris from around the community. Hundreds of trees were carted away and split into free firewood for the poor, and numerous repairs were made for people who couldn't do the repairs themselves. A volunteer organization of GE leaders, Elfun has 72 chapters and 36,000 members worldwide.



Supporting Arts-in-Education Programs

Dominick Darkangelo (left) is one of many GE Elfun volunteers involved in Creative Connections, an arts-in-education program in upstate New York that is funded by a grant from the GE Fund. He's shown here with seventh-graders at Schenectady's Central Park Middle School who are working with a local artist on a mural depicting Native American history. Creative Connections is transforming education by enabling students to experience different cultures and express new ideas.



Giving Young Boys a Chance

Irma Diaz, a GE volunteer from the Elfun chapter in Mexico, is a regular visitor to IPODERAC, a haven for orphaned and homeless boys set in a farming environment. IPODERAC contains a working goat farm and has become nearly self-sufficient through the sale of gourmet goat cheeses produced in its new cheese factory, which was built mainly with a grant from the GE Fund.