La Porte Proclaims ‘LyondellBasell Employees Day’

HOUSTON, May 10, 2011 – La Porte Mayor Louis Rigby declared Monday, May 9, as “LyondellBasell Employees Day” in the city of La Porte in honor of the company’s Global Care Day volunteer projects to build a tree farm, improve the animal shelter and other work.

“The LyondellBasell employees have led by example and have shown themselves to be valuable assets and able stewards on Global Care Day by giving unselfishly of their time and using their skills and expertise to provide needed facilities for the betterment of this community,” said the mayor in making the proclamation.

LyondellBasell volunteers rolled up their sleeves Saturday, April 9, and went to work transforming the La Porte Animal Shelter, creating a La Porte City Tree Farm, removing Hurricane Ike debris from San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, making the Kids Count Foundation’s playground safer and brighter, and collecting and sorting household hazardous waste, all in La Porte.

LyondellBasell’s 12th worldwide day of community service saw people helping people in 64 communities in 24 countries with a combined 12,000 hours of volunteer service. There were 14 projects in the greater Houston area. The numbers add up to a better world, one community at a time.

Global Care Day began in 2000 as a way to reach out to local communities where the company operates. Global Care Day challenges employees worldwide to participate in community service above and beyond ongoing community involvement activities with a special project on the same day. Each participating site selects a project that meets the following criteria: It addresses a community need, it is aligned with one of the company’s community-relations focus-areas of education, environmental conservancy or community prosperity and the result will be a visible improvement because of employee involvement. More information can be found at: www.lyondellbasell.com/globalcareday.

LyondellBasell Employees Honored by City of La Porte

La Porte Mayor Louis Rigby (fourth from right) presents a proclamation to LyondellBasell employees naming Monday, May 9, as LyondellBasell Employees Day in La Porte. The honor was for the company’s Global Care Day volunteer work to build a tree farm, improve the animal shelter and other projects. From left are La Porte Parks and Recreation Director Stephen Barr; LyondellBasell site manager Guy Tremblay; Heather Owens, LyondellBasell; LyondellBasell site manager Courtney Ruth; Mayor Rigby; Gayden Cooper, LyondellBasell; Shawn Strope, LyondellBasell; and La Porte Police Chief Kenith Adcox.

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