DTE Energy Employee Fund Drive Raises Holiday Dollars for Michigan Charities

DETROIT, Dec. 19  /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy employees and the DTE Energy Foundation gave $200,000 to Michigan charities during a six-week holiday fund-raising drive.  DTE Energy employees donated $105,000, which the Foundation matched with an additional $95,000.  The funds were distributed in December to a variety of nonprofit human services organizations.

"I'm enormously proud of our employees," said Anthony F. Earley Jr., DTE Energy chairman and CEO.  "Even in these difficult economic times, they went above and beyond to help others in need."

The DTE Energy Foundation matched employee gifts dollar-for-dollar, up to $1,000 per person.  More than 30 nonprofit organizations statewide benefited from the fund drive, including:

  *  Salvation Army, multiple locations statewide. ($36,000)
  *  Capuchin Community Center, Detroit. ($31,200)
  *  Coalition on Temporary Shelter, Detroit. ($15,900)
  *  Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan,
     Detroit. ($12,000)
  *  Lighthouse of Oakland County, Pontiac. ($7,900)
  *  St. Martin's Lutheran Church Mid City Nutrition Center,
     Port Huron. ($7,500)
  *  Greater Lansing Food Bank, Lansing. ($5,000)
  *  Monroe County Food Bank, Monroe. ($3,700)
  *  Turning Point, Inc., Mt. Clemens. ($3,000)



The DTE Energy Foundation is the philanthropic arm of DTE Energy, continuing the legacy of community support and involvement of its principal operating subsidiaries, Detroit Edison and MichCon.  The Foundation directs its contributions to nonprofit organizations under its "LEAD" guidelines: leadership, education, environment, achievement, development and diversity in the DTE Energy service territory, which includes southeast, western and northern Michigan.  These guidelines are extended to include matching gifts to human services organizations during the company's annual holiday gifts program. 

DATASOURCE: DTE Energy



CONTACT:  Eileen Dixon, [phone], or Lorie Kessler,

[phone], both of DTE Energy



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