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Chevron has a long history of support for cleft lip and palate surgeries in Venezuela in partnership with Operation Smile Foundation and other institutions. Since 1998, more than 3,000 patients have been seen, and our employee volunteers have provided valuable support by helping patients with medical forms and assisting with interpretations.

Chevron volunteers in Aberdeen, Scotland participate in the Engineers 'n’ Our Lives initiative, which enables students to demonstrate STEM skills in real-life settings. More than 10,000 schoolchildren have taken part in the program, giving them the opportunity to appreciate the role engineering plays in their lives.

Chevron Thailand partnered with the Institute of Sufficiency Economy and the Agri-Nature Foundation to initiate “The Power of Human Energy: A Journey Inspired by the King” project in 2013. Since then, over 2,000 Chevron Thailand volunteers have helped build earthen dikes, dig irrigation ponds, build check dams and plant trees.

Chevron Fayette County Operations employees volunteered to help a local Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter to replace veteran memorial markers in remote Appalachian Cemeteries. Chevron volunteers replaced over 100 flags in eight different cemeteries. Many of the grave stones are civil war and revolutionary era veterans.

Volunteers from our Gulf of Mexico business helped third to fifth grade children solve problems and create products using STEM principles during the National Society of Black Engineers Summer Engineering Experience for Kids held in New Orleans. Chevron volunteers logged over 130 hours and supported 300 students.

Chevron volunteers worked to fill 250 backpacks for local at-risk youth in need of supplies for the 2018-19 school year. The Northshore Food Bank in Covington, Louisiana, provides food assistance to more than 375 individuals and families each week who live at or below the poverty threshold.

Chevron volunteers aided in the construction of two Habitat for Humanity homes in Covington, LA. Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with local people in need to build decent, affordable housing. Between Fall 2017 and Spring 2018, a total of 56 employees gave 359.5 hours to these projects over three days.

Since 2009, Chevron Richmond volunteers have hand crafted 902 hats, scarves and other items for clients of the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program. Employees have volunteered at the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program on nearly a weekly basis since 2002.

For World AIDS Day 2017, 145 employees in San Ramon assembled 5,700 personal hygiene kits that are being distributed to clients of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Cal-PEP.

Each month, Salt Lake Refinery employees volunteer at a mobile food pantry that provides food to nearly 100 families at a neighboring elementary school.

In cooperation with the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, Chevron volunteers in Louisiana are helping to breed, hatch, and rear whooping crane chicks to supplement the wild population. In 2017, Chevron volunteers spent 146 hours to help keep the habitat sustainable for breeding programs.

Chevron summer interns from around the U.S. came together for a volunteer day benefiting the Kern County Museum. Employees painted the walls inside the Bud and Virginia King Volunteer Center. Some 15 gallons of paint were applied to 15-foot walls in an 1,800-square foot room.