Bayer CropScience Joins Zuma’s Rescue Ranch to Create Healing Spaces
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (PRWEB) August 14, 2013 -- Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, gathered more than 200 employee volunteers on Bayer’s 150th anniversary, Aug. 1, to foster a healthier space for people in need at Zuma’s Rescue Ranch. Zuma's Rescue Ranch is an animal-assisted learning center in Denver that pairs rescued horses with at-risk children to help them learn to bond, build trust and develop life skills to support their future. Bayer donated employee time, expertise and manpower – as well as Bayer Advanced products – to provide this facility with much needed beautification, new construction and maintenance updates.
"As Bayer celebrates 150 years of Science For A Better Life, our work at Zuma’s expresses how we at Environmental Science live out this mission," said Gilles Galliou, president of Environmental Science North America at Bayer CropScience. "We are passionate about fostering healthy environments where we live, work and play, and we hope that our service and Bayer Advanced product donations benefit Zuma's Rescue Ranch for years to come."
Jodi and Paul Messenich founded Zuma's Rescue Ranch in 2004 with the mission to provide a place of sanctuary and healing for the voiceless humans and animals in the metro Denver region.
"The wellness programs we’ve developed at Zuma's Rescue Ranch promote healing – and Bayer's volunteers helped us reclaim areas of the Ranch we simply didn't have the resources to maintain," said co-founder Jodi Messenich. "We're excited to continue our work, and thank Bayer for giving the organization an image it can be proud of."
Bayer employees broke into task force teams to complete site improvements including the construction and restoration of landscape beds, garden gates and walkways. The team built and installed a pergola, a duck pond and a chicken coop as well as landscaped the facility’s outdoor venue, cleaned stalls, seeded pastures, and painted Zuma’s signs and indoor arena. Bayer Advanced donated products from its Natria® line of non-synthetic solutions to protect the facility against pests, weeds and diseases, and to support both onsite activities and ongoing maintenance.
About Bayer AG
Bayer AG is a global, research-centric innovation company with core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials. Founded August 1, 1863, Bayer is committed to Science for a Better Life. The company has planned a series of events and projects throughout the year to mark its 150th anniversary of developing solutions to improve people’s and animals’ lives.
About Environmental Science
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, touches people’s lives daily where we live, work and play. Bayer’s Turf & Ornamentals business empowers professional land care managers and do-it-yourself homeowners with solutions to protect outdoor spaces from troublesome weeds, plant diseases and insect pests. The Professional Pest Management and Vector Control businesses help professionals protect communities from insect pests that can damage our indoor and outdoor spaces or serve as a health hazard to humans and animals.
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About Bayer CropScience
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials. This year the company is celebrating 150 years of Bayer – consistent with its mission “Bayer: Science For A Better Life”. Bayer CropScience, the subgroup of Bayer AG responsible for the agricultural business, has annual sales of EUR 8,383 million (2012) and is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. The company offers an outstanding range of products including high value seeds, innovative crop protection solutions based on chemical and biological modes of action as well as an extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture. In the area of non-agricultural applications, Bayer CropScience has a broad portfolio of products and services to control pests from home and garden to forestry applications. The company has a global workforce of 20,800 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at: press.bayercropscience.com.
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Bayer CropScience Media Hotline, 1-877-879-6162, or
Ciara Ahern
Global Prairie
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Becca Hogan
Manager of External Communications
Bayer CropScience LP
Tel: (919) 549-2998
Email: becca(dot)hogan(at)bayer(dot)com
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Becca Hogan, Bayer CropScience, LP, (919) 549-2998, [email protected]
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