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6 • Community serviCe<br />
Aust<strong>in</strong> Industrial employee-owners give back to their community<br />
THE SPAN<br />
February/March 2012<br />
Employee-owners at ConocoPhillips<br />
Employee-owners at the ConocoPhillips site <strong>in</strong><br />
Ponca City, Oklahoma, were <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> multiple<br />
charitable events last year. Coat drive - Employee-owners’<br />
donated 90 coats to a local church<br />
that then distributed them among needy families.<br />
Playground - Aust<strong>in</strong> employee-owners braved<br />
cold weather on a Saturday to assist Conoco Phillips<br />
build a playground at the Ponca City Lake. Volleyball<br />
for March of Dimes - The Aust<strong>in</strong> team took<br />
second and third place <strong>in</strong> a volleyball tournament<br />
benefitt<strong>in</strong>g the March of Dimes. s<br />
Employee-owners participate <strong>in</strong> Candlelighters banquet;<br />
Br<strong>in</strong>g cheer to ‘adopted’ familes at Christmas<br />
Aust<strong>in</strong> Industrial employee-owners <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Houston area participated <strong>in</strong> the Candlelighters<br />
event dur<strong>in</strong>g Christmas. It was created to help<br />
give families with a sick child (normally cancer) a<br />
wonderful Christmas. This year Aust<strong>in</strong> adopted 12<br />
families. More than 300 gifts were purchased by<br />
employee-owners. All the gifts, plus donated money,<br />
totaled more than $7,000. Participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the<br />
event were workers from the home office, equipment<br />
yard, employment office, and the Lubrizol,<br />
Bayer, Exxon, Baker Petrolite, Oxyv<strong>in</strong>yls, Total,<br />
Lyondell Ref<strong>in</strong>ery and Lyondell Bayport sites.<br />
“No one deserved a great Christmas more<br />
than these children, and I am so proud we helped<br />
give them that,” said Paige Clark of Aust<strong>in</strong> Industrial<br />
who helped organize the event. s<br />
Core Value: Employee-ownership