Chevron’s 2017 Fuel Your School Program Helps Support Teachers, Making More Than $6 Million Available for Classroom Materia...
August 31 2017 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (NYSE: CVX) today announced the launch of
its 2017 Fuel Your School program, making more than $6 million
available to help support public school teachers and students in 17
U.S. communities, with the help of local Chevron and Texaco
marketers and retailers in seven of the communities. Now in its
eighth year, Chevron’s Fuel Your School program is a collaboration
with DonorsChoose.org to help fund eligible classroom projects,
including science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-focused
projects that can bring innovative and real-life learning
opportunities to students. New in 2017, the program is being made
available for new types of projects on DonorsChoose.org, which
include Student-led projects and Student Life Essentials projects,
such as warm clothing, personal hygiene products and food for
underserved students.
“Every day, public school teachers take on one of the most
important responsibilities—to captivate young minds and help
inspire a lifelong passion for learning and innovation,” said Dale
Walsh, president of Chevron Americas Products. “Chevron’s Fuel Your
School program helps provide the classroom resources teachers need
to help students succeed in school and aspire to be future
engineers and scientists.”
Starting Sept. 1, 2017, teachers from public schools in
participating communities can post their classroom project requests
at www.DonorsChoose.org. Then, from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2017,
the Fuel Your School program will donate $1, up to the maximum
amount in each market, to help fund eligible classroom projects
when consumers purchase eight or more gallons of fuel at
participating Chevron or Texaco stations.
“Many teachers spend hundreds of their own hard-earned dollars
to pay for classroom supplies,” said Charles Best, founder and CEO
of DonorsChoose.org. “With the help of Chevron, 39,496 classroom
projects have been funded and 5,134 public schools in the U.S. have
benefitted from Fuel Your School since the program’s inception in
2010.”
The Fuel Your School program is part of Chevron’s overall
support for education, which has totaled over $340 million
worldwide since 2013, helping to provide teachers with the tools to
prepare students for the jobs of the future.
For a full list of participating communities in the Fuel Your
School program and to track progress, please visit
www.FuelYourSchool.com. In addition to funds generated through the
Fuel Your School program, anyone, including consumers and Chevron
employees, may also support inspiring classroom projects on
DonorsChoose.org by making separate, individual contributions.
About Chevron
Chevron is one of the world's leading integrated energy
companies. Through its subsidiaries that conduct business
worldwide, the company is involved in virtually every facet of the
energy industry. Chevron explores for, produces and transports
crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes
transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells
petrochemicals and additives; generates power; and develops and
deploys technologies that enhance business value in every aspect of
the company's operations. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif.
More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
About DonorsChoose.org
Founded in 2000, DonorsChoose.org makes it easy for anyone to
help a classroom in need. Teachers at over 70 percent of all the
public schools in America have created project requests, and more
than 2 million people have donated $440 million to projects that
inspire them. Over 19 million students—most from low-income
communities, and many in disaster-stricken areas—have received
books, art supplies, field trips, technology, and other resources
that they need to learn.
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