Caterpillar Inc. announced a multi-year sponsorship with Major League Soccer (MLS), the fastest growing sports League in North America. With the highest percentage of millennial and multicultural fans of any U.S. sport, the sponsorship is designed to amplify the Caterpillar brand to a broader, more diverse audience in the United States and Canada and to engage with the League’s passionate…
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Walker Aggregates’ Severn Quarry Receives OSSGA Award
Walker Aggregates’ Severn Quarry in the Township of Severn, Ontario, Canada, has received the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s (OSSGA) 2021 Community Relations award, presented at OSSGA’s 2022 Conference & AGM at the end of February.
Read MoreDolese Donates Trucks to Rural Fire Departments
Dolese Bros. Co., Oklahoma City, recently donated four trucks to rural fire departments, including Canute, Turley, Meeker and Rush Creek. The trucks will aid in the storage of water supply for the fire departments, which will also help with the overall wellbeing of the surrounding communities.
Read MorePutting Kids on a Better Path
Texas Aggregates And Concrete Association Members Provide Bikes For Disadvantaged Youth. By Therese Dunphy
Read MoreA Pizza Party
Oct. 25, 2021 – Vulcan Materials hasn’t forgotten the need for morale boosting in the health-care industry, reported the Emporia News. Its operation in South Hill, Va., recently had 17 pizzas delivered to front-line night shift workers at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital. Vice President of Patient Care Services Mary T. Hardin, said, “Thank you – they were enjoyed by…
Read MoreCarmeuse Donates Boulder to Local School
Students always leave some mark on the schools they attend. But at Stonewall Elementary School in Clear Brook, Va., this mark will now be more literal than most. In a new tradition, graduating 5th Graders will put their handprints on a 7-ton limestone boulder at the entrance to the school, alongside the handprints of faculty and staff.
Read MoreLafargeHolcim in the US Aggregate Operations Earn Awards
The National, Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) recognized eight LafargeHolcim in the US facilities for their environmental and community efforts. The recognition is part of NSSGA’s annual Awards of Excellence program.
Read MoreNSSGA Names Community Relations Excellence Winners
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) announced the recipients of the NSSGA Community Relations Excellence Awards. The Community Relations Excellence Awards recognizes producers’ achievements through the involvement in their community to enhance the public’s perception of their business, facility and the industry. NSSGA recognized a total of five Gold, eight Silver and 37 Bronze awards.
Read MoreCarmeuse Employees Help Habitat for Humanity
Employees from the Carmeuse Port Inland operation in Michigan recently gave their time and skills to help out the local branch of Habitat for Humanity in the nearby city of Manistique. The team of four worked on a number of projects, including installing a gate, and reconstructing and hanging a sign that had fallen earlier in the year.
Read MoreUS Aggregates’ Delphi Quarry Hosts Elected Officials
US Aggregates’ Delphi Quarry, Delphi, Ind., hosted Congressman Jim Baird and State Representative Beau Baird as well as leaders from across The Heritage Group at the plant for a tour Tuesday, July 6.
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