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BASF volunteers help renovate Cody High School to benefit student learning
BASF supported the improvements to Cody High by providing epoxy flooring material, Smart Boards, work stations, furniture, a power washer, chemistry lab equipment, cabinets, buffet stations for their new home economics center and an $18,000 donation to fund the new high-tech STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) lab.
More than 200 BASF employees volunteered, improving the school grounds, painting an outside mural, painting and outfitting the new STEM lab and installing the donated Smart Boards. They also beautified the adjacent Cody-Rouge which included a baseball field and tennis courts.
“It was an incredible sight to see so many BASF employees from across southeast Michigan join together to create chemistry in the community,” said Greg Pflum, BASF’s Vice President and General Manager – Midwest Hub. “Education is key to the future of our children and the development of society as a whole. Through this initiative, we helped create a new environment that encourages academic achievement.”
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Suggested caption: A check for $18,000 was presented by BASF representatives to Belvin Liles, Principal, Cody High DIT, Chad Segrist, DIT Lead Science Teacher/STEM coordinator and Cody High students to directly support the school’s new STEM lab.
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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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