| BASF golf tournament raises $15,000 for
Ascension Battered Women’s Program
Donation will help provide services for area battered women, families
GEISMAR, La., November 30, 2004 -- Employees at BASF’s Geismar
site recently presented the Ascension Parish Battered Women’s
Program with a donation of $15,000 from their annual charity golf
tournament. The donation will be used to provide expanded services
to battered women and families in Ascension Parish.
Since 1999, BASF’s Geismar area golf tournaments have raised
$74,000 for the Ascension Parish Battered Women’s Program.
With those donations, the program has expanded services it provides
to battered women and children and converted a part-time outreach
position to full-time status.
“The money we receive each year from BASF’s benefit
golf tournaments is our only source of local funding,” said
Martha Forbes, Executive Director of the Ascension Parish Battered
Women’s Program. “We’re extremely grateful to
the employees, players and sponsors who give of their time and themselves
each year to help us provide shelter, counseling and assistance
to battered women and children in our community. Their generosity
means so much to our organization and the people it serves.”
The Ascension Battered Women’s Program provides individual,
group and phone counseling, emergency shelter, referrals to other
agencies, safety planning, information and emotional support during
the protective order process, and relocation assistance.
“Our employees, sponsors and players have been the reason
for our success in raising money through our yearly golf tournaments,”
said Brenda Roussel, Golf Tournament Committee Chair and an employee
at BASF’s Geismar site. “We couldn’t have achieved
this level of success without them.”
Other BASF employees serving on the golf tournament committee were
Bob Kosick, Charles Currier, Terry Olivier, Johnny Matherne, Tom
Yue and Bobby Shelton.
The yearly fundraiser is part of BASF’s commitment to making
its community better through its participation in and sponsorship
of programs such as the Battered Women’s Program.
Hole sponsors were BASF Corporation, Duplessis-Pontiac-Buick-GMC,
Inc., Siemens Energy & Automation, H & E Equipment Services,
Hebert Steel, Performance Contractors, Englobal Engineering, Cooper-Crouse
Hinds, Ohmstede, Group Contractors, Boh Brothers Construction Co.,
J. W. Grand, Pax, Inc., Hydrochem Industrial Services, John Crane
Inc., Thermon Heat Tracing Services, Steam & Process Repairs,
Calgon Carbon Corp., Brand Scaffolding, Kelly's Industrial Services,
Graybar Electric Co., BASF TES Managers, BASF Site Leadership, Desselle
Maggard/Masoneilan, Baker Tanks, Menard Electronics, Emerson Process
Management/Rosemount Analytical/Peak Tech, Inc., Industrial Coatings
Contractors, Air Products & Chemicals, Waste Management of Baton
Rouge, and Trac Work.
Team sponsors were Piping & Equipment, BASF HCL Sales, Tidal
Tank, Baker Tanks, Morin Actuator, Performance Contractors, Englobal
Engineering, Schneider National Bulk, Cooper-Crouse Hinds/Graybar
Electric, ABB Automation, M-Tec Rise, Micromotion Inc., Groth Corporation,
Quality Carriers, Volks Construction, Davis International, BASF
Human Resources, Petrin Corp., Turner Industries Group, Repcon,
Inc., BBP Sales, PCS Nitrogen, Waste Management of Baton Rouge,
ISC Group, Team Industrial Services, BASF Diols , Hagemeyer/Vallen,
Desselle Maggard, Nichols Construction, Zamfir & Co., and Delta
Process. Eaton Electrical/HV Sales Co.
Donations were made by Piping & Equipment, NovaTech Process
Solutions, Lanier Worldwide, Holiday Inn, and Flowcor Products.
Food sponsors were Prime Energy, Matherne's Supermarket, AWC, Inc.,
Starbucks, and Coca-Cola.
BASF's Geismar site manufactures a wide range of products that
are used in hundreds of consumer products.
For more information, contact:
Helen Cane
BASF
Tel: (225) 339-7207
E-mail: caneh@basf.com
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