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BASF and employees donate $228,000 to Capital Area United Way

GEISMAR, LA, June 6, 2014 -- Capital Area United Way received a $228,000 boost from BASF and employees from the company’s Geismar and Zachary sites in Louisiana during the 2013-2014 campaign. The BASF donation represents a $50,000 increase over the previous year’s efforts.

“Through dollars and volunteering, our company and employees rally behind the efforts to support Capital Area United Way,” said Tom Yura, senior vice president and general manager at the BASF site in Geismar. “We appreciate that United Way serves our local community, and the lives we are impacting are those of our families, friends and neighbors.”

The $228,000 check, representing all of the sponsorships, event fundraisers and corporate and employee pledges made by BASF during the 2013-2014 campaign, was presented to Capital Area United Way during a jambalaya fundraiser at the Geismar site, an annual company event that raises thousands of dollars each year.

“Capital Area United Way recognizes the efforts of BASF employees for another successful workforce campaign to support United Way,” said Darrin Goss, Sr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Area United Way. “BASF continues to stand strong as a partner of Capital Area United Way, and we appreciate employees’ generous giving through donations and volunteering.”

The BASF campaign is an employee-led drive that begins with the site’s jambalaya cook-off in May, includes a chili cook-off in the fall, and continues through October with an employee pledge drive. The 2013 campaign also included a sponsorship of a 9/11 anniversary event and was supported by employee volunteers who assembled more than 300 care packages for U.S. troops on active duty overseas. Local first responders were also presented with hand-signed thank you banners created by volunteers.

For more information about BASF community support in Louisiana, visit http://www.basf.us/la.

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Suggested caption: BASF employees present Capital Area United Way President and Chief Executive Officer Darrin Goss with a $228,000 check for funds raised during the 2013-2014 United Way campaign. From left are Sarah Causey, Director of Workplace Campaigns, Capital Area United Way; Jolen Stein, Community Relations Manager, BASF Louisiana sites; David Vavrek, BASF Continuous Improvement Leader and United Way volunteer; Darrin Goss, Capital Area United Way President and Chief Executive Officer; Jason Gathright, BASF Technology Engineer and United Way campaign leader; Tom Yura, BASF senior vice president and general manager of the Geismar site.  

BASF - The Chemical Company

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has nearly 17,000 employees in North America, and had sales of $19.3 billion in 2013. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.us.

BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring nutrition and improving quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF had sales of about €74 billion in 2013 and over 112,000 employees as of the end of the year. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.

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Jolen T. Stein, APR

BASF Corporation

Tel: (225) 339-7476

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Elizabeth Canfield

BASF Corporation

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Last Update June 6, 2014