Hometown Hero's Donation Request Brightens Holiday Season for Local Charity and Area Homeless

                     
     -- Sacramento Loaves and Fishes receives all-new 2006 Jeep(R) Commander
        in honor of local hero, California Highway Patrol Officer J.C. Dodd
     -- Officer Dodd recognized for selfless contributions to public safety
        and the community
     -- DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund presents Loaves and Fishes with
        additional $10,000 cash donation

  What:  Sacramento Loaves and Fishes will receive an all-new 2006 Jeep
         Commander in honor of its newest hero, Officer J.C. Dodd, a
         California Highway Patrol search and rescue pilot. Dodd was
         recently named a Jeep Hero from among more than 2,500 entries
         nationwide in a program honoring military, police, fire and
         emergency medical services personnel who deliver exemplary, unique
         and heroic service to improve the quality of life in cities and
         towns across America.

         Officer Dodd asked Chrysler Group to donate his prize, an all-new
         2006 Jeep Commander, to Loaves and Fishes.

         The DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund will make an additional
         $10,000 cash donation to help meet the needs of Sacramento's
         homeless community this holiday season.

  Who:   Present at the ceremony will be:
         -- Officer J.C. Dodd, California Highway Patrol search and rescue
            pilot and Jeep Heroes Grand Prize Winner
         -- Senator Dave Cox will present Officer Dodd with a resolution in
            his honor and a letter from the Governor
         -- Tim Brown, director, Sacramento Loaves and Fishes
         -- Greg Goebel, Jeep
         -- Rich Andrus will share rescue story and how his life was
            affected by Officer Dodd

  When:  Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005
         10 a.m.

  Where: Sacramento Loaves & Fishes
         1321 North C Street, Sacramento
         Corner of North C Street and Ahern Street
         916-446-0874

  Why:   Earlier this year, Dodd was nominated for the Jeep Hero award by
         his wife Jacqueline. He was selected as one of four Grand Prize
         Winners in a program designed to recognize the important service
         these individuals perform every day and to reward them -- the best
         people to represent America's best -- with a Jeep vehicle that will
         give them the same sense of security and reliability they give
         Americans.  Since CHP and state laws prohibit Officer Dodd from
         accepting the vehicle, he has asked Chrysler Group to donate the
         Jeep Commander to Sacramento Loaves and Fishes, an organization
         that feeds, transports and provides shelter for homeless people.

  Contact:  Tim Brown, Loaves and Fishes, 916-446-0874,
            timbrown4loaves@yahoo.com
            Eileen Wunderlich, Jeep, 248-705-7962, ew48@dcx.com
            Lauren Vidovich, 773-209-2748, lvidovich@clearblue.biz

  More info: http://www.jeep.com/heroes