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Keith Booke, Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Ofcer, and Mary Rose Brown,
Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, help oversee Valero’s award-winning
employee and community relations programs. These initiatives help countless individuals
throughout North America, including young people like Amanda who lives in the “Valero
House” as she transitions from a youth center to independent living.
More฀ than฀ ever฀ before,฀Valero’s฀ commitment฀ to฀ giving฀back฀to฀others฀made฀ a฀ difference฀
in฀ communities฀ all฀ across฀ North฀ America฀ last฀ year.฀ Whether฀ donating฀ time฀ to฀ build฀ a฀
playground,฀hosting฀Christmas฀dinners฀for฀low-income฀citizens฀or฀contributing฀to฀United฀
Way,฀Valero฀employees฀went฀above฀and฀beyond฀to฀help฀others.฀
In฀fact,฀Valero฀employees฀donated฀a฀record฀amount฀of฀time฀and฀money฀to฀good฀causes฀in฀
all฀of฀the฀company’s฀communities.฀Valero฀and฀its฀employees฀supported฀the฀United฀Way฀like฀
never฀before,฀donating฀$7.5฀million฀--฀$1฀million฀more฀than฀last฀year’s฀record฀campaign!฀
Employees฀also฀donated฀an฀impressive฀160,000฀volunteer฀hours฀to฀help฀worthy฀causes.฀฀And,฀
the฀Valero฀Texas฀Open฀and฀Benet฀for฀Children฀Golf฀Classic฀raised฀an฀unprecedented฀$2.8฀
million฀for฀charity,฀placing฀the฀tournament฀among฀the฀top฀ve฀on฀the฀PGA฀TOUR฀in฀terms฀
of฀charitable฀contributions.฀฀
In฀addition,฀Valero’s฀retail฀stores฀raised฀more฀than฀$915,000฀--฀a฀29฀percent฀increase฀over฀
the฀ previous฀ year฀ --฀ for฀ Children’s฀ Miracle฀ Network฀ and฀ approximately฀ $914,000฀ for฀
the฀Muscular฀Dystrophy฀Association.฀Valero’s฀caring฀and฀sharing฀spirit฀is฀ also฀one฀ of฀the฀
key฀ reasons฀ the฀ company฀ is฀ consistently฀ ranked฀ among฀ Fortune฀ Magazine’s฀ “100฀ Best฀
Companies฀to฀Work฀For฀in฀America.”
Valero’s฀ record฀ of฀ community฀ service฀ has฀ helped฀ make฀ it฀ a฀ good฀ neighbor,฀ which฀ is฀ an฀
essential฀part฀of฀being฀a฀good฀business.฀Making฀a฀difference฀in฀the฀lives฀of฀others฀has฀been฀
the฀cornerstone฀of฀Valero’s฀past฀success฀and฀is฀the฀key฀to฀its฀future฀success.฀