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Baseball Club to install out fi eld fences and scoreboards on their ball fi elds across from the site. The fi elds are used four nights a week for games by the club and are regularly used for team and family practices. Zoetis also continued its sup- port of the Charles City Commu- nity School District by making a $5,000 donation to Charles City Comet Booster Club. The Boost- er Club will use the money to make purchases to help enhance the student body’s experience at various school events. The site had it’s fair share of fun in 2024 as well, The Cookie Madness compe- tition (a baking competition run in conjunction with the March Madness basketball tourna- ments) made colleague Brooke Schaa a champion, and also very popular among cookie recipe seekers. Zoetis Charles City also host- ZOETIS Continued from page B3
Submitted photo Zoetis worked with the Charles City Baseball Club to install fences and scoreboards at the “Zoetis Ball Diamonds” across the road from the Charles City plant.
ed its fi rst ever “Trunk or Treat” on Halloween for employees and their families. The whole team was also treated to catered meals from S&S Locker for a picnic in June, and a holiday meal in De- cember. Zoetis Charles City hosted three career fairs in 2024 to re- cruit additional help for the ex- pansion. “The several expansion proj-
ects going on now shows Zoetis’ commitment to Charles City as it continues to invest in the site,” the company said. To put an exclamation point on the year, one of the site’s team leaders, Daniel Chodur, was presented with the Zoetis Global Manufacturing and Sup- ply (GMS) President’s Award, a prestigious honor among the company’s ranks. Chodur has been with the company for more than six years and in his current role for just over a year. He has successfully led multiple projects that intro- duced process ef fi ciencies and is known for his inspiring leader- ship and dedication to teamwork, the company said. “The Zoetis Charles City col- leagues continue to make the difference when it comes to the success of our business,” the company said in a news state- ment. “Whether it’s working collaboratively on projects or offering a helping hand, we are fortunate to have great people working here. “2024 was a great year and we’re looking forward to an even better 2025,” the compa- ny said.
Submitted photo Charles City Valero Renewables staff are encouraged to be involved in their communities, from contributing to the United Way of North Central Iowa to helping maintain the downtown fl ower planters in Charles City.
Since the award’s inception in 2012, Charles City has been a four-time Chairman’s Award recipient and a fi ve-time hon- orable mention. While a subsidiary of a worldwide Fortune 50 cor- poration, Valero Renewables remains committed to its local plant communities, the com- pany said. At the Valero Charles City Plant, for example, employees raised $88,000 for the United Way of North Central Iowa through pledges, donations and a company match. Each year the Charles City plant designates more than $10,000 to local causes and events through sponsorships and donations to organizations VALERO Continued from page B2
like the Charles City Commu- nity Fund, Floyd Fair Society, Relay for Life and numerous others. Valero Renewables also re- cently donated $7,000 to the city of Floyd, $3,000 to the Osage Fire Dept., $20,000 to the Recreation and Fine Arts Complex in Osage and con- tributed $100,000 to the new NIACC Career Center that re- cently opened in Charles City. An annual fundraiser, the Bene fi t for Children, raised $25,000 for Charles City High School’s Project Rise, the Charles City YMCA, the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Floyd County Ag Extension Of fi ce, Growing Tree Pre- school in Osage, and TLC: The Learning Center. The Valero Charles City Plant participates regularly in community events such as the SpookWalk, county fairs, Par-
ty in the Park, Santa’s Shining Lights, and the Charles City Mobile Food Pantry. Local employees have logged more than 1,600 hours of volunteer- ing in the past year, the com- pany said. Valero Renewables is a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp., a Fortune 50 company based in San Antonio, Texas, that, by and through its sub- sidiaries, operates 15 re fi ner- ies and produces fuel, gasoline and petrochemicals. In Iowa, Valero Renewables owns and operates ethanol plants in Albert City, Charles City, Fort Dodge, Hartley and Lakota; in Indiana its plants are in Bluffton, Linden and Mount Vernon; the Nebraska plant is in Albion; the South Dakota plant is in Aurora; the Minnesota plant is in Wel- come; and the Ohio plant is in Bloomingburg.
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