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Baton Rouge area - community outreach
ExxonMobil Community Outreach Team (EMCOT)
EMCOT members are employees from ExxonMobil Baton Rouge northernmost plants in the Alsen, Baker and Scotlandville areas – Polyolefins Plant, Plastics Plant and Resin Finishing Plant. Our goal is to establish partnerships with the local communities in order to facilitate activities that will benefit the residents.
we favor the following projects
- Focus on education, safety, health and environment
- Involve partnership between ExxonMobil and neighbors
- Build mutual respect between ExxonMobil and neighbors
EMCOT partnership schools
- White Hills Elementary
- Progress Elementary
- Crestworth Middle
We join Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) in their effort to improve reading and math skills of elementary school students. Through the “EveryBody Reads” initiative, each employee is assigned one reading partner and commits to improving reading proficiency of this student by reading with him/her on a regular basis.
Through a new initiative, “EveryOne Counts,” volunteers will work individually with students who struggle with math. Similar to “EveryBody Reads,” the program will pair an adult with a student who is behind in his math skills. The basic concept of “EveryOne Counts” is to encourage comprehension of math procedures versus memorization, engaging students in the usefulness of math in their everyday lives.
Each year, students of our partnership schools, along with students from ACE partnership schools, attend the Louisiana Art and Science Museum (LASM) Science Days. At the event, students watch chemistry demonstrations, view a show in the planetarium, tour the museum and participate in hands-on activities.
