Chevron FYS 2014

Po licy, Go ve rnment a nd Public
Affairs
Chevron Corporation
6101 Bollinger Canyon Road
San Ramon, CA 94583
www.chevron.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chevron’s Fuel Your School Program Returns to Salt Lake and Davis
Counties
Innovative Collaboration with DonorsChoose.org will help generate up to $500,000 for local
public school teachers and students
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 3, 2014 – Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (NYSE: CVX) today
announced the third annual launch of its Fuel Your School program in Salt Lake and Davis Counties. This
year, the program will expand to 22 U.S. communities to give educators necessary tools for students to
learn, explore, and get excited about school. Chevron encourages STEM-related projects, to help prepare
students for jobs of the future.
“By investing in our public schools, Chevron is also investing in the long-term success of our
communities and our business,” said Greg Gabel, Manager of Chevron’s Salt Lake Refinery. “With the
Fuel Your School program, we aim to provide support based on the specific needs of each public
classroom and help prepare students for the jobs of tomorrow.”
Last year, Chevron helped fund projects in 214 public schools in Salt Lake and Davis Counties.
This year, Chevron will contribute $1 to help fund eligible classroom projects when consumers purchase
8 or more gallons of fuel from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 at participating Chevron and Texaco stations, up to a total
contribution of $500,000 in Salt Lake and Davis Counties alone.
In the U.S., Fuel Your School is an innovative collaboration between Chevron and
DonorsChoose.org, an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. The program
is committed to providing local public school students with the tools and resources needed to help them
achieve academic success.
"During the Fuel Your School program, filling up at Chevron means filling local classrooms with
the resources to help students and teachers succeed,” said Charles Best, founder and CEO of
DonorsChoose.org. “Fuel Your School makes it easy for Chevron customers to see their real-time impact
on classrooms in their community.”
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-2All year, public school teachers post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org, ranging
from calculators, to microscopes, and even glowing bacteria. One of those requests came from Teresa
Eldredge, a teacher at Rose Creek Elementary School, who lacked the resources to expose students to
engaging and effective activities. With the help of the Fuel Your School program, she and her students
received hands-on teaching tools, allowing her students to learn from hands-on exercises.
“Creative hands-on learning can transform a lesson from a boring lecture to an exciting learning
adventure,” said Teresa Eldredge. “I want my students to be excited and energized when they learn about
math and science. With these materials I created independent learning centers and creative lessons to
engage, excite and energize learning.”
Since its inception in 2010, Fuel Your School has helped fund 17,163 classroom projects at 3,196
schools. The program has grown annually to support students throughout the communities in which
Chevron operates, reaching 940,440 students last year alone. Chevron also supports similar marketer cofunded programs in Midland and Ector counties, Texas; Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino
counties (North Coast), California; Ada and Canyon counties, Idaho; Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale and
Lawrence counties (Northwest), Georgia; Jackson and Josephine counties, Oregon; and Yuma County,
Arizona, as well as similar international programs in Burnaby, Surrey, White Rock, West Vancouver,
North Vancouver, and Coquitlam, British Columbia; Johor and Kedah, Malaysia; and parts of Singapore,
Thailand, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
Beginning Sept. 1, 2014, public school teachers in Salt Lake and Davis Counties are invited to
post eligible classroom project requests at www.DonorsChoose.org for possible funding as part of the
Fuel Your School program.
By visiting www.FuelYourSchool.com consumers can monitor the classroom projects in need of
funding and see how much money is being earned for public schools. Donations earned through Fuel
Your School will be used to help fund eligible classroom projects from Oct. 2 through Nov. 30, 2014, or
until generated funds have been exhausted by eligible projects. Anyone, including consumers and
Chevron employees, may also independently browse and fund inspiring classroom projects on
www.DonorsChoose.org by making separate, individual donations.
About Chevron
Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, with 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 petrochemical products; generates power and
produces geothermal energy; provides energy efficiency solutions; and develops the energy resources of
the future, including biofuels. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information about Chevron is
available at www.chevron.com.
About DonorsChoose.org
-3Founded in 2000, DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help
students in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America post requests, and individuals can
give directly to the ones that inspire them. To date, 197,000 public and charter school teachers have used
DonorsChoose.org to secure $250 million in books, art supplies, technology, and other resources that
their students need to learn.
Visit www.donorschoose.org/intro to hear Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Colbert tell the DonorsChoose.org
story.
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Contact: Brent Tippen, Chevron Corporation
[email protected]; 925-790-3938

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