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Article: McElya raising money for Detroit charity.
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- Rubber & Plastics News
- Article date:
- September 8, 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 Inc. 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.
"My mother couldn't support me and my older sister,'' said McElya, who grew up in nearly a dozen foster homes with families who depended on assistance from safety net organizations such as pantries and the Salvation Army.
"Those were tough times in the '40s,'' he ...