BP Cherry Point Refinery awards $27,000 grant to local Red Cross

Bellingham Business Journal, Sept, 2008

BP Cherry Point Refinery granted the Mt. Baker chapter of the American Red Cross $27,000 in support of local Red Cross efforts.

BP Cherry Point Refinery and its employees has been a major financial supporter of the Mt. Baker Chapter of the American Red Cross for more than 20 years.

BP Cherry Point Refinery has allotted $15,000 to the Real Heroes Celebration dinner in November. This awards banquet dinner is the primary annual fundraiser of the local Red Cross Chapter with a 2008 goal of raising $120,000.

All proceeds support local disaster relief services.

The American Red Cross is not a government agency and receives no federal funding. All programs offered locally are funded locally. Corporate partners such as BP Cherry Point Refinery are key to providing these Red Cross services to the community.