Global Care Day provided an opportunity for employee volunteers and their family members to “make a difference” in each community where Lyondell operates. In 2005, an estimated 3,500 company volunteers participated in 42 projects around the world as part of the company’s sixth annual Global Care Day community service activity.
Global Care Day is a company initiative challenging employees at each of the enterprise’s worldwide locations to simultaneously participate in community service above and beyond our ongoing community involvement activities. Participants include employees, family members and contractors.
Of this year’s 42 projects, 12 targeted environmental enhancement, 14 were related to education and 19 focused on community sustainability. Activities ranged from landscaping and habitat development to carpentry and maintenance at children’s or seniors centers to painting and cleaning at schools.The estimated economic impact from the company’s Global Care Day effort is more than $500,000.
“Global Care Day is a wonderful opportunity for our employees to become personally and directly involved in our communities,” said Morris Gelb, Lyondell’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Global Care Day executive sponsor.
“Our objective is simple: to make a difference in the communities where we operate. We want to make each community a little better because we were there. Equally important, our employees and their families will have a better understanding of their community as a result of this involvement. In the same manner, we hope that our communities get to know our people a little better through these interactions.”
Ashtabula, Ohio
Lake Shore Park Rock Garden
Repaired stone and beach & park clean-up
Samaritan House Homeless Shelter
Painted, cleaned and performed light carpentry
Bahia, Brazil
Escola Thomax Camilo School
Built soccer field
Baltimore, Maryland
Curtis Bay Elementary School
Installed bathrooms, bulletin boards and painted
La Porte, Texas
LaPorte Neighborhood Center & Jennie Reid Elementary School
Volunteers installed three flag poles, constructed flower beds, fixed fence & repaired pond waterfall
Seabrook, Texas
Seabrook Intermediate School
Volunteers built deck and planted flowers
Beaumont, Texas
Bingman Elementary
Relandscaped front of school
Botlek, Netherlands
St. "de Mozaiek"
Painted chairs for the handicapped
Brunswick, Georgia
Tideland Nature Center
Installed garden pond with waterfall and plants
Brussels, Belgium
Kinderdagverbfijf Roodebeek (Day Care Centre)
Cleaned garden and sandpit and painted outside wall
Bunbury, Western Australia
The Returned & Services League of Australia
Cleaned groups and inside, assembled bookcases and installed curtains
Channelview, Texas
Crenshaw Elementary
General repairs to playground area and improved landscaping
Alvin, Texas
Boat Ramp on Highway 2004
Built two benches & covered table
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Nature Center
Trail/bridge restoration and gardening activities
Clinton, Iowa
Heritage Canyon Park
Paint and landscaping
Corpus Christi, Texas
Tuloso Midway Primary School
Built butterfly garden
Fairport Harbor, Ohio
Village of Fairport Harbor
Provided playground equipment
Fos-sur-Mer, France
Tour du Vafat
Removed invasive plants
Glen Burnie, Maryland
Cleaned and removed brush, installed bathrooms & bulletin boards
Henderson, Western Australia
Yangebup Family Centre
Installed bike track, replaced fencing and repaired grass area
Houston, Texas
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Removed invasive plants, cleaned brush & rebuilt overlook deck
Pasadena, Texas
Richey Elementary School
Improved teacher lunchroom
Hunt Valley, Maryland
Villa Maria Continuum
Installed fenced-in vegetable garden and painted children's equipment
Jacksonville, Florida
Norwood Elementary School
Library improvement project
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Camp Fire USA
Upgraded water supplies to cabins
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Planted marsh grass & built outdoor deck
Le Havre, France
Journee d'entraide avec les pipilles des pompiers
Took orphaned firemen's families to Sea and Nature Museum
Markham, Texas
Bonnie's Barnyard
Installed wheelchair ramp and added picnic tables & covered picnic areas
Matagorda, Texas
Friends of Elder Citizens
Created outdoor seating area, pressure-washed building and painted
Mont Belvieu, Texas
Old River Baptist Church
Built fence and installed benches
Morris, Illinois
United Cerebral Palsy
Painted classrooms and installed landscaping
Newark, New Jersey
Pathways to Independence
Painted classrooms, stairwells and general clean-up
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Okehocking Preserve
Removed invasive material and planted native trees & shrubs
Paraiba, Brazil
Unidade Profissionalizante Guaju
Installed fans, whiteboards and video training sets
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Woonzorgcentrum "Voomesteyn"
Hosted breakfast & lunch at senior citizen event
São Paulo, Brazil
Escola Deputado Hugo Lacorte Vitale
Assembly a children's library
E.E.P.G. Deputado Hugo Lacorte Vitale
One-day healthcare seminar for children
Seoul, Korea
Central Park
Cleaned park
Stallingborough, United Kingdom
Healing Comprehensive School
Hosted tours to inform community
Community Liaison Committee
Performed housekeeping, painted and repaired children’s' playground equipment
Thann, France
Centre socio-culturel OMEYER
Installed flowers and bushes and renovated game room
Tuscola, Illinois
Atwood School District
Created pathway and planted trees & flowers
Victoria, Texas
Tender Loving Care fr Children - Sr. Citizens Center
Graffiti removal, repaired fence and general clean-up.