Valero Continues Support for Contra Costa and Solano Food Bank

Valero continued its long relationship with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano by contributing a total of 2,200 hours of volunteer work last year along with a check for $40,000.

"Every year we donate a lot of our hours," said Valero Energy's Scott Anderson. "With COVID making it tough to do food sorting, we found another way of doing it by taking the bags home with us."

CBS SF Bay Area was joined for the check presentation to report on Valero's collaboration with the food bank.

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Valero Supports Construction of Vacaville Boys and Girls Club Headquarters

The Vacaville Boys and Girls Club held a "Raise Your Glass" event on January 13th. At the event, Valero presented a check for $500,000 to go toward construction of the new Club Headquarters Celebration Center.

The new headquarters, slated for Brown Street in Vacaville, will be able to serve more youths and will feature classrooms, a Celebration Center, a kitchen and more in its 8,000-square-foot space.

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Deer Cages for Benicia Tree Foundation

The first 3rd Thursday Tree Care Day of the year involved seven volunteers building and installing deer cages to protect oak trees that were being damaged by deer using the trees to rub the velvet off their new antlers.

This project was funded by a $1,000 donation from Valero which was used to pay for the supplies. Approximately 40 trees that have been planted by the Benicia Tree Foundation in the Lake Herman Open Space since 2015 have grown large enough to need deer cages. Ten cages were installed on Thursday.

Volunteers were happy to see that the ground was still wet from the December rains as they checked about 50 locations where trees have been planted. All locations were weeded and empty locations were planted with Buckeye seeds. The rest of the deer cages will be installed by February, before the fuzz starts growing on the deer antlers. The 3rd Thursday Tree Care Day in February will be at Lake Herman Open Space.

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Valero Featured in S&P Global Platts

Insight Magazine

Valero was featured in Insight Magazine for its innovation and industry leadership for an energy transition.

"San Antonio-based Valero, the world’s largest independent

refiner, has been advancing the future of energy for more than

a decade."

"The company has a comprehensive roadmap to reduce emissions

with innovative projects that are already in execution and

are consistent with its strategy."

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