BASF raises more than $8,700 for cancer awareness and research

WYANDOTTE, MI, December 10, 2018 – BASF employees at the Wyandotte, Michigan site recently donated more than $8,700 to the American Cancer Society to promote cancer awareness and research.

The site’s Women in Business employee group organized a chili cook off and cookbook sale, hosted a comedy night and raised money and awareness by joining the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Detroit.

“Ongoing awareness and research demonstrates what a complex and multifaceted disease cancer is,” said Greg Pflum, Vice President and General Manager of BASF’s Midwest Hub. “Our donation will help to fight this disease and save lives by providing information on early detection and prevention.”  

BASF employees also adorned trees along Biddle Avenue in Wyandotte with pink ribbons to further support cancer awareness.

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Suggested caption: BASF employee Forest Rutherford serves up his and Terry Mack’s award-winning chili at the company’s Chili Cook Off to support cancer awareness and research.

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Suggested caption: BASF employees Dan Niedzwiecki, Yalin Liu, Chris Meyers and Claire Crosmun receive a trophy for the most money raised during the company’s Chili Cook Off event. 

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 18,200 employees in North America and had sales of $17.9 billion in 2017. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.com.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The more than 115,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into four segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials & Solutions and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of more than €60 billion in 2017. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (BAS). Further information at www.basf.com.