May 13, 2005 (Cleveland, Ohio)
Strongsville's GE Advanced Materials, Quartz employees will build a new playground for children at the Hitchcock Center for Women, Inc. at 1227 Ansel Rd. near University Circle on May 25, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Over 125 GE employees will participate in this United Way of Greater Cleveland Day of Caring event. The project is part of GE's annual Global Community Days, in which more than 20,000 GE employees from around the world participate in service projects that cover a variety of local issues including education, human services and the environment. The time donated by GE volunteers on a variety of projects around the Hitchcock Center for Women will allow the center to operate more efficiently.

Hitchcock Center for Women is located on 11-acres of land in Cleveland. They offer assessment and residential treatment for chemically dependent adult women with or without children. Last year, the center helped more than 200 people. The Hitchcock Center for Women, Inc. prides itself on its philosophy of being the place where healing begins.

Ten GE Advanced Materials, Quartz teams will complete the following projects on May 25:

• Build a play structure.
• Paint 18,700 square feet of interior hallways.
• Clean and organize indoor storage rooms.
• Mop floor, wax floor and polish pews in the chapel.
• Mop and wax gym floor.
• Remove fallen tree branches, cut grass, rake leaves, clean flower beds and plant flowers in two outdoor courtyards and on the surrounding grounds.
• Remove unusable furniture and equipment from the racquetball building to clear space for future use.