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Article: Born for a mission; Exec's childhood in foster care drives push for clinic.(Jim McElya of Cooper-Standard Automotive Group)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- August 11, 2008
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Byline: Sherri Begin
Jim McElya didn't always talk much about his childhood.
But the chairman of Cooper-Standard Automotive has reason to now.
Left on the doorstep of the Salvation Army in West Chester, Pa., when he was just 6 weeks old, McElya has made it his mission to help raise $1 million to open a medical clinic for homeless and uninsured children and
their mothers.
Cooper-Standard and its employees have chipped in $150,000.
McElya and his team have raised another $250,000 through donations from the supplier's private equity owners, its vendors and peers, including Lear Corp., BorgWarner Inc., Continental Inc., ...