Nearly 18,000 pounds of food donated during Dow/MCA Food Drive

Louisiana - November 28, 2005

Employees with Dow’s Louisiana Operations and the Maintenance Contractors Association (MCA) collected 4,560 pounds of food and $3,559 to donate to local food banks during the site’s November 2005 annual food drive. The money will be used by the food banks to purchase an additional 12,800 pounds of food, bringing the total amount donated to almost 17,400 pounds.

Dow employee and food drive co-chair Virgie Franques said, “The food we collected through this drive will undoubtedly help a number of individuals in need who live in our communities.”

Recipient food banks that will provide food to hungry individuals in the community include: Our Brother’s Keeper Food Bank in Plaquemine; St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Food Bank in Brusly; Port Allen Food Pantry in Port Allen; St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church Food Pantry in Paincourtville, and the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in Baton Rouge.

The Food Drive was chaired by Dow employee Virgie Franques and MCA members Bud Campbell, Westgate and Tim Fletcher, Petrin.

Each year, Dow and MCA jointly sponsor the food drive to help re-supply local food banks. MCA companies include: Basic, Petrin, Sipco, HBT, TSS, Westgate, Oil Field Plant Maintenance, Hydrochem, and J.E. Merit.

	Dow and Maintenance Contractors Association (MCA) employees collect food during the Dow-MCA food drive held November 7-11. The food drive was chaired by Dow’s Virgie Franques, Westgate’s Bud Campbell and Petrin’s Tim Fletcher.

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Gary Cambre
The Dow Chemical Company
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