Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas has awarded the prestigious $10,000 “National Merit Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. Scholarship” certificate to senior, Jessica Zhang. Jessica will graduate from Calhoun High School on May 28, 2021 and will be attending Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and majoring in Computer Science.
PICTURE CAPTION: POINT COMFORT, TX (May 11, 2021) – Jack Wu, FPC TX Vice President (far right) and Rick Crabtree, FPC TX General Manager (far left), Jessica Zhang (center), daughter of Mr. Lei Zhang (Business Technology Division) and Mrs. Rongti Li (Business Technology Division) .
PICTURE CAPTION: POINT COMFORT, TX (May 11, 2021) – Scholarship recipient Jessica Zhang with her parents, Lei Zhang and Rongti Li.
The Formosa United Way Charity Golf Tournament held October 1-2, 2021 is one of the largest contributors for our community. Despite the rainy start and stormy forecast that kicked off this year's tourament, 127 teams came out to support and participate in the tournament. This singular event has largely contributed to the campaign goals in years past for Calhoun & Victoria Counties; $300,000 in 2019 and 2020 each. On average, this means the Formosa Charity Golf Tournament has the ability to assist over 7,000 people, each year in Calhoun County plus assisting about 10,000 in the Victoria Crossroads Area through programs and services that fight for the health, education, and financial stability of everyone in these communities.
Appearing in the tournament picture above, standing right to left, is Mike Elgin as the Event Coordinator and board member of the United Way of the Crossroads (UWCR); Brooke Garcia, the Executive Director for the UWCR; Wendy Cabrera, the Executive Director for the United Way of Calhoun County (UWCC); Jill Blucher, the Community Engagement Coordinator for UWCR; Alex Espinosa, a Formosa employee in the Mechanical Integrity Department; Marina Crabtree, a board member of the UWCC; and Lisa Ledwik, also a board member of the UWCC. Mike, Alex, Marina and Lisa are directly affiliated with Formosa Plastics. Standby for future news on the total funds collected as a result of the 2021 tournament. See the list of event supporters at: https://birdease.com/FPCGolf .
The Texas Chemical Council’s Distinguished Safety Award is presented to those member companies in each category that have met minimum participation requirements and have demonstrated improvement in their injury and illness incident rate for 2020 when compared to the previous three years. Division representatives who received the award on behalf of Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas were Shane Burgin – EHS, Aaron Jeson – Olefins, I. S. Hwang – Polyolefins, Rick Crabtree – General Manager, Mark Tibiletti – Chlor-Alkali, C. P. Liu – Vinyl, and Chuntau Den – Maintenance. “As a site, we are proud of this award and extend congratulations to all FPC TX employees for their focused approach to working safely each and every day; and especially for watching out for the safety of others as their Brother's Keeper." – Rick Crabtree, VP/General Manager FPC TX.
During the United Way of the Crossroads Annual Campaign Wrap Reception held June 24, 2021, Formosa Plastics received the "Spirit of Texas Award" which recognizes companies and their employees who demonstrate high community commitment through volunteerism, participation and corporate support. The Formosa United Way Golf Tournament raised $300,000 for the United Way of the Crossroads and United Way of Calhoun County for the last two years. Each of the two United Way organizations received $150,000 each year. Standing from left to right are Jack Wu FPC TX Vice President, Mike Elgin and Lisa Ledwik of Formosa Plastics and Golf Tournament Coordinators, and Rick Crabtree FPC TX General Manager.
"We’re part of the solution" is this year's slogan for International Day for Biological Diversity.
The Formosa Agricultural and Environmental Research Center (AERC) engages in many diverse projects to help our environment, utilizing beneficial soil microbes, plants, insects, and trees. Prominent projects focus on monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. Last year, the AERC produced 3,200 milkweed plants as a food source for developing monarch butterflies. Milkweed plants are provided to the Unites States Fish & Wildlife Service for butterfly habitat restoration programs in South Texas. The AERC also operates a nursery that nurtures butterflies through all stages of development. Monarch butterflies provide an essential service in our ecosystem as pollinators as they migrate across North America.
Using a wide variety of strategies helps improve the success of all our projects. Greater species diversity provides ecological sustainability that benefits all life. This is the essence of biodiversity: every species has a role to play. We’re part of the solution.
PHOTO OF MILKWEED PLANTS (ABOVE) AND PHOTO OF MONARCH CATERPILLAR EATING MILKWEED PLANT (BELOW)
