Community Involvement

"Valero is at the top of the list of stellar corporate citizens in all of their communities. Valero's belief in investing in their people and encouraging their employees to, in turn, invest in their community has resulted in United Way campaigns that continually achieve the highest per capita gifts in the country. Additionally, Valero employees are widely known for sharing their time and talents with those in need. Valero's genuine spirit of sharing and caring has created a brighter future for countless individuals and families across the nation." --HOWARD NOLAN, President, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County

Community involvement is an integral part of Valero’s corporate culture – from its organized Valero Volunteer Councils to its financial support of countless community organizations. This commitment dates back to Valero’s beginnings when the company’s top management made community involvement a key part of its mission statement. Through its community work over the years, Valero has touched thousands of lives, helped hundreds of nonprofit groups and positively impacted countless communities.

We’ve made it our mission to make a difference in the communities where our employees live and work. One way we’ve done that is by providing financial support to a wide range of nonprofit organizations in all of our communities. Our United Way campaigns have been recognized nationally because of our 94 percent participation rate throughout the company and our corporate employees’ record for having the nation’s highest per-capita contributions.

Valero employees donated 190,000 hours of time last year to volunteer for countless community projects, including mentoring students, organizing fund-raisers, participating in clean-up events, volunteering at youth centers and much more.
Valero and its employees pledged $13 million to the 2007 United Way Campaign.
Velo Valero, the company’s official cycling team, is the largest fundraising team for the MS 150 for two consecutive years. The event, which takes riders from San Antonio to Corpus Christi over two days, helped raise nearly $2 million for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Lone Star Chapter.
Because of its significant contributions to United Way and its commitment to all of its communities, Valero received the 2004 Spirit of America Award, the United Way’s highest national honor. Valero is only the second company to have received this honor twice!
Valero contributed more than $5 million to help victims of both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. This includes $290,410 that Valero employees contributed to help those in need.
In 2007, the Valero Texas Open, which is an official PGA TOUR event, and the associated Benefit for Children Golf Classic, which is Valero’s own charity tournament, raised a record-breaking $8 million for charities. That's the largest contribution of any tournament in the PGA TOUR’s history.
Through a fundraising effort in Valero’s U.S. retail stores in 2007, the company’s employees raised $1.1 million for 30 Children's Miracle Network hospitals located in communities where Valero has operations.
Additionally, Valero’s retail employees raised more than $1.3 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in 2007.