In 1985, the Ascension Parish Chemical
Industry joined forces to create the Ascension Parish Chemical Industry Community Awareness
and Emergency Response committee (CAER). One of the directives of the
committee was to educate area residents about the chemical industry’s function in the
community. From that directive evolved a project to develop a group of subjects and
speakers to present these to the community.
As you go about your daily teaching activities, bringing in an outside
resource to reinforce a lesson can be a positive experience for students. Hearing someone
discuss their career, their job requirements or simply receiving a message on how to be
more successful makes learning a more pleasurable experience. We in the CAER committee
recognize that sharing our information resources with teachers, students and the community
is a win-win arrangement.
This booklet has been prepared to provide teachers and parish civic
organizations the opportunity to avail themselves to our information resources to address
topics of interest. To schedule a speaker, please call the contact person listed on the
individual company program offerings. If you have other topics of interest, please call or
write one of the member company contacts. We will be happy to provide whatever help we
can.
Ascension Parish Chemical Industry's CAER Committee members include:
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.; BASF; CF Industries Inc.; Dupont; Honeywell
Chemicals; PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer; L.P.; Praxair; Rubicon Inc.; Shell Chemicals;
Terra Mississippi Nitrogen.; Chemtura; OxyChem; and Williams Olefins, L.L.C. Also
participating in CAER Committee activities are the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office
and the Ascension Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
The members of CAER are proud to assist the educators of our area as
they prepare our children to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
Call us to begin utilizing our resources!
