Employees at Lyondell’s Cincinnati Technology Center raised over $6,000 in contributions to support Cincinnati's Fine Arts Fund. Lyondell matched a portion of employee contributions and awarded the fund an additional $3,000.
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Statistics show that in the two days it takes to complete the MS-150 bike trek from Houston to Austin, nearly 60 people are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Approximately 400,000 Americans are living with multiple sclerosis, and the National MS Society estimates that multiple sclerosis affects approximately 3 million people worldwide.
What might be the largest piece of artwork – indoors or outdoors – was unveiled April 16 on a crude oil storage tank at Lyondell’s Houston refinery. The image is the first of what will eventually become a museum without walls within the San Jacinto Historic District along state highway 225 leading to the San Jacinto Battleground where Texas won its independence in 1836.
Lyondell presented the Baybrook Community Development Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland with a $10,000 check to assist with the Polish Home Hall restoration activities. Lyondell also donated safety equipment to the volunteer workers, after the building was broken into and hardhats and equipment were stolen.
Since it was cold and blustery outside and temperatures were expected to drop, employees at Lyondell’s Corpus Christi, Texas, complex helped spice up the holiday season by cooking up some chili and beans to benefit the U.S Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.
Lyondell's Victoria, Texas, plant helped provide 250 backpacks that will be filled daily with food and snacks for children of the Boys and Girls Club.
Teachers at E.C. Mason Elementary School in Manvel, Texas, returned to campus this week to find a newly planted garden filled with vivid blooms. Similar scenes were repeated in 37 locations around the world through the efforts of nearly 3,000 Lyondell employees who participated in Lyondell’s eighth annual Global Care Day on May 5.
Lyondell’s Channelview, Texas, Complex met with its neighbors during an information-sharing open house and dinner at Harvey Brown Primary School in October 2006.
The Bahia plant in Camaçari, Brazil, was honored with the 2006 Top Social award for the plant’s Lyondell at School Project and the project’s impact on schools in the neighboring communities.
Lyondell volunteers formed eight teams to compete in the Bay Area SCRABBLE ® Soiree fundraiser to benefit Literacy Advance of Houston (LAH), Texas. The Lyondell soiree participants were joined by another 30 employee volunteers who served as timekeepers and judges in competition and ran a silent auction.
The Lyondell Cycle Team took to the highways of Texas in April as part of the 2006 MS150, raising almost $100,000 to help fight the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. The Lyondell Team included 110 riders and 30 volunteers from Lyondell facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast – from Beaumont to Bay City who braved record-breaking heat to complete the two-day ride, which is actually closer to 180 miles in distance.
Rebuilding Together, the nation’s largest volunteer home rehabilitation organization, has awarded its Golden Hammer to a group of dedicated Lyondell volunteers for the group’s work to rehabilitate a home.
A group of 63 special children living near Lyondell’s Rotterdam, the Netherlands, plant had their holiday brightened by Lyondell volunteers who collected money to host a party complete with clowns, food and presents.
The Stewbilee, now in its sixth year, is a charitable event in which 45 teams from local businesses competed for bragging rights as their Brunswick stew went up for scrutiny.
Lyondell’s Channelview complex in Texas had 24 volunteers participate in the 2006 North Channel Relay for Life benefiting the American Cancer Society by walking for more than 12 hours.
Employees from Lyondell’s Matagorda, Texas, plant went fishing for a cure during the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Employees have been participating in “Relay For Life” for seven years. The theme for the event was “Fishing for a Cure.”
Lyondell teamed up with H-E-B, Kroger Food Stores and Randall’s to assist in the Greater Houston Souper Bowl of Caring Food Drive during Super Bowl weekend in February. It was the largest food drive in the state’s history.
Fifteen families served by the Ripley House Community Center in Houston, Texas, had a much brighter Christmas because of the efforts of Lyondell employees from Lyondell’s corporate office.
Dolls, toy cars, bicycles, food, clothes and games…were just some of the items wished for on the Angel Tree at the Salvation Army in Bay City, Texas.
Employees at Lyondell’s Matagorda, Texas, site brought holiday cheer to student at Matagorda Elementary by "adopting" every student for the holidays in 2005.
For the 11th consecutive year, employees from Lyondell’s Matagorda, Texas, plant hosted a Christmas Party for senior citizens in their community at the Wadsworth Community Center.
More than 200 Lyondell volunteers spent two Saturdays in October brightening the lives of several homeowners and marking Lyondell’s fifth year of participation in community home repair through Rebuilding Together. This year, Lyondell repaired and refurbished six homes in the Houston and Beaumont communities.
Volunteers from Lyondell's Corpus Christi, Texas, plant recently lent a hand to help spruce up downtown Corpus Christi in preparation for a major event at the nearby marina.
In 2005, employees at Lyondell's Clinton, Iowa plant achieved seven years without a recordable injury. Safety milestones of this magnitude often result in a modest gift to each employee. A group of Clinton employees had a different idea.
Employees at the Corpus Christi plant scored big at their second annual Lyondell Homerun Challenge – Out of the Park into the Community. As part of the challenge, the Corpus Christi plant donated at least $100 to the Corpus Christi chapter of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for every homerun the Corpus Christi Hooks hit during the month of July.
High school football is a Texas tradition dating back to the Depression era, when farmers and industrial workers gathered at the end of the week for inexpensive entertainment. Lyondell’s Channelview employees joined the Friday night ritual, donating proceeds from sales of their famous barbecue sandwiches to the North Channel Assistance Ministries.