Caltex Fuel Your School donated P3 million worth of STEM tools

CALTEX, a supplier of record-breaking fuels, recently supplied modern 21stcentury teaching tools to 30 highestneed public high schools in Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera Administrative Region.

During the Caltex FYS campaign, all fuel ups in 23 Caltex stations managed by branded marketer Northern Star Energy Corporation in Cagayan Valley and portions of CAR were matched by Caltex and Northern Star with a P1-for-every-liter donation to raise the P3 million target from June 1 until August 15.

The fund was divided among the 30 public high schools selected based on criteria set by the Department of Education. More than 40,000 public high school students and almost 2,000 of their teachers in Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Kalinga and Ifugao stand to benefit from Caltex Fuel Your School 2019.

Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI) and Northern Star also handed special awards in three categories. Nueva Vizcaya General

Comprehensive High School got the most project likes with more than a million FB likes; Solano High School got the most hashtags awards with 3,815 #s; and Alicia National High School got the most fuel-ups with 10,546 liters.

CPI Country Chairman Louie Zhang said, “There is nothing more empowering to our children than education. It equips them for the journey of life. This is what Caltex is all about. Our promise is for our customers to have an enjoyable journey. Hopefully, these young people will discover the wonders of STEM and take it as their careers which they will enjoy for the rest of their lives.”

Caltex FYS started in 2015. Over the years, the campaign has been able to help 148 public high schools, 6,086 public high school teachers, and over 1.7 million public high school students in Metro Manila, Davao, Bicol, Ilocos and Cagayan Valley Region. Caltex FYS has donated a total of P17 million to these schools.