The 4th Annual Dow United Way Jambalaya Cook-off held August 26th proved to be the best ever since the event started in 2001 - raising more than $5,200 for the United Way!

As part of the site’s United Way campaign kick-off, twenty-one jambalaya teams from various plants within St. Charles Operations competed in Dow’s Battle for the Paddle. Combining the money raised from jambalaya lunches, a leadership dunking booth and a bake sale, employees donated more than $5,200 towards this year's United Way campaign at the site.

Dow’s Jambalaya Cook- off winners were:

• 1st Place - Fallon Hotard Sr. & Fallon Hotard Jr (J.E. Merit )
• 2nd Place - Chad Naquin, Joe Bordelon, Errol Combest & Richard Haydel (Maintenance Tech Services)
• 3rd Place - Chris Tregre, Straus Breaux & Daniel Veron (EOH Maintenance)

The winning teams will advance to the United Way of St. Charles Parish Jambalaya Cook-off on September 16 at the West Bank Bridge Park in Luling.

Tommy Trant, St. Charles Operations employee and Dow Jambalaya Cook-off volunteer, said, “What a great way to raise money for such a worthy cause in Louisiana – get a bunch of Cajuns together and cook jambalaya! Our employees really look forward to this event. This is our fourth year to hold the Jambalaya Cook-off at Dow to benefit the United Way of St. Charles and each year it gets better and better.”

Dow is a leader in science and technology, providing innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. With annual sales of $33 billion, Dow serves customers in more than 180 countries and a wide range of markets that are vital to human progress, including food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, and building and construction, among others. Committed to the principles of sustainable development, Dow and its approximately 46,000 employees seek to balance economic, environmental and social responsibilities. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. St. Charles Operations is owned by Union Carbide Corporation, which is a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.