Sarnia, ON - September 27, 2007
The number of proposals being considered by The Dow Chemical Company and Dow Chemical Canada Inc. (together “Dow”) for its Sarnia Legacy Project has been narrowed to six.
The community steering committee, consisting of Dow employees, retirees and local residents, has concluded its evaluation of the initial 30 submissions and has recommended the following proposals for further consideration by the Dow’s corporate review team:
Big Brothers of Sarnia-Lambton /Big Sisters of Sarnia Lambton, Rebound Sarnia-Lambton/St. Luke’s United Church |
Child and Youth Development Centre |
Goodwill Industries – Essex Kent Lambton |
Goodwill/Community Centre |
Pathways Health Centre for Children |
Community Therapeutic Acquatic Centre |
Sarnia, City of |
Centennial Park Expansion/Improvements |
St. Joseph’s Health Care Society |
St. Joseph’s Residential Hospice |
United Way of Sarnia-Lambton |
Investment Fund |
In the second stage of the selection process, a team of senior representatives from Dow and the Sarnia site will meet with each finalist organization vying for the company’s $500,000 to $1-million Dow Sarnia Legacy Project donation. The winning project is expected to be announced by the end of 2007, or early in 2008.
The Dow Sarnia Legacy Project is Dow’s gift to the community to recognize its over 65-year history of local operations. Dow came to Sarnia in 1942 in response to an invitation from the Canadian government to help manufacture synthetic rubber for the war effort. The Sarnia site was the company’s first manufacturing location outside of the United States.
About Dow
Dow Chemical Canada Inc., a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, employs approximately 1,200 people in Canada. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Dow Canada and its affiliates have manufacturing locations in: Sarnia and Toronto, Ontario; Fort Saskatchewan and Prentiss, Alberta; and Varennes, Quebec. Dow Canada is proud to join the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) as the official supplier of Insulation Materials and Heat Transfer Fluids. In addition, Dow Canada and VANOC, being mutually committed to the principles of sustainability, will work together on litter and end-of-life waste management programs to ensure the success of VANOC's 'Zero Waste' initiative. For more information about Dow Canada, please visit our web site at www.dowcanada.com.
For Editorial Information:
Mimi Long
The Dow Chemical Company
(519) 339-3267
