ExxonMobil and Its Employees and Retirees Contribute More Than $15 Million to United Way in Houston - Baytown Areas.HOUSTON Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; -- ExxonMobil Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), a multi-national American corporation and a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company[2] announced today it will contribute $11 million in cash to the United Way in the Houston and Baytown Baytown, city (1990 pop. 63,850), Harris co., S Tex., at the head of Galveston Bay, on the Houston ship channel; inc. 1948 after the consolidation of Goose Creek, Pelly, and Baytown. areas following completion of its 2006 employee and retiree campaign. The funds will assist those benefiting from services provided by the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. and its affiliated agencies. Of that amount, $9.7 million will address needs of the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, and $1.3 million will benefit the United Way of Baytown. The company contributed an additional $4.2 million through ExxonMobil Volunteer Involvement Program grants earned by employee and retiree volunteers at various United Way affiliated agencies, gifts-in-kind donations, and corporate loaned executives and administrative personnel to assist with the heavy work load at already burdened social service agencies. "Our employees' and retirees' commitment to helping alleviate Alleviate To make something easier to be endured. Mentioned in: Kinesiology, Applied need continues to be an inspiration. Almost every week you can find someone volunteering somewhere in the community," said Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs R. Walters, president, ExxonMobil Global Services Company. "They realize the cumulative effect of giving back allows us to be a part of something larger than ourselves. Volunteerism vol·un·teer·ism n. Use of or reliance on volunteers, especially to perform social or educational work in communities. volunteerism is clearly a priority at ExxonMobil and we applaud our employees and retirees who pursue it with such enthusiasm," he concluded. To mark the contribution, representatives from ExxonMobil's Houston-based companies and the Baytown manufacturing complex joined together on December 5 to host a birthday party for senior citizens at the NCI See Liberate. Ripley House Community Center. The event was followed by a check presentation to United Way representatives. "ExxonMobil's unprecedented support of the United Way and our community is remarkable. It's demonstrated not just through the company's generous financial support, but through thousands of its employees' and retirees' time, money and talents that year round help shape the community's future," said United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast President Anna M. Babin. "They set an outstanding example for others to follow and we sincerely thank everyone at ExxonMobil for helping us do something about it, the United Way." Pat Hewlett of ExxonMobil Global Services Company served as the 2006 United Way Central Campaign Manager. "We consider those we help through the United Way an extension of the ExxonMobil family," said Hewlett. "Taking care of each other in our collective community is a priority for our company and an important part of the ExxonMobil tradition." |
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