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The Carl McCain Memorial Foundation
Established in 1979, the Carl McCain Memorial Foundation was named in memory of Carl McCain of Shreveport, Louisiana. Carl was part of the domestic crude oil trading business for many years and was admired and respected by those who were privileged to know him. He died in 1979 after an extended bout with cancer. Carl McCain's illness and his concern for the welfare of his granddaughter, who was born severely handicapped during his last days, were the inspiration of the establishment of the Foundation.
The Carl McCain Memorial Foundation makes financial grants to or on behalf of individuals and families who work or have worked in the energy industry and who are financially overburdened for medically related reasons, as well as to the medical rehabilitation institutions. In years past, this foundation has been highly instrumental in providing assistance to many families in need. To date the Foundation has made grants in excess of $4.5 million.
Funding for the Foundation comes from corporate and individual donations, through participation in industry golf tournaments as well as an annual Chili/Fajita Cook-Off. Each year numerous companies in the energy industry gather to sustain this worthy purpose. Citation and CCMI's participation enables employees and co-workers to demonstrate their talents while donating their time and resources to such a noteworthy cause. Citation's continued support further provides a venue for decision makers to gather with respective counterparts in social settings and discuss current energy industry events, market strategies, energy issues etc.
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Every day more than 840 donations are needed to help patients in this area. The Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center depends on volunteers and businesses in our community to donate blood to help patients in more than 220 health care institutions in the 25 county Texas Gulf Coast region it serves.
Citation is proud to sponsor several blood drives each year to help meet the needs of this worthy program. The employees at Citation find it rewarding to share the gift of life by helping our friends and neighbors during their time of need.
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ was organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes to encourage and promote the breeding, raising and marketing of better livestock and farm products at public fairs and to promote and maintain research and educational functions with the livestock industry. It is the general policy of the Show to utilize, in the fiscal year subsequent to which it is earned, the excess of its revenue over expenses for the furtherance of its exempt purpose, including and/or funding of agricultural scholarships, educational endowments, agricultural research projects and other similar programs and the funding of related capital additions and improvements. Over the past half century, the Show has provided over $100 million in programs and scholarships to students in the greater Houston area. Several employees of Citation have volunteered their time and services to support the many committees that make up the show. These committee members strive to award and recognize our youth in organizations such as 4-H, FFA, FCCLA, the RITE Program, School Art Program and many others.
Komen Race for the Cure®
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982. Over the years it has grown to be the largest 5K run/walk in the world that celebrates breast cancer survivors and honors those who have lost the battle in fighting the disease. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation is committed to educating the community about early detection, and to raising money that is used to fund programs that provide screening, research and treatment around the world. In 2007, the Houston Komen Race for the Cure® Affiliates awarded $2.5 million for breast cancer education, screening and treatment and $625,000 to breast cancer research.
Employees, families, and friends of Citation are among the 30,000 + participants of the annual Komen Race for the Cure® fundraiser. Together with the Houston community, the Komen Race for the Cure® is saving lives every day.
The United Way
Since 1999 Citation has been a proud partner of United Way of Greater Houston. Citation supports United Way's efforts to ensure that a generation of children has the best chance to succeed; that families have the support they need to remain strong; that seniors lead dignified and independent lives; and that people in crisis have the resources they need to rebuild their lives. The United Way continues to touch one of every two lives in our community. Including the company's matching contribution, Citation's 2007-2008 campaign resulted in a total donation of $138,717, a 32% increase over the last year.
In 2007, Citation also participated in The United Way Days of Caring with a food drive to supplement Target Hunger. Target Hunger not only provides food to anyone who is hungry, but empowers families to become self sufficient by offering training courses and job search workshops. Target Hunger also offers programs that focus on youth as well as outreach services and individual and family therapy.