Chevron′s Fuel Your School Program Expands to Support Nine Communities Across the U.S.

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (NYSE: CVX) announced the expansion of its Fuel Your
School program to nine communities this fall from two communities in
2011. Fuel Your School will provide useful funding for eligible
classroom projects developed by public school teachers and posted to
DonorsChoose.org in the following communities:

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  Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California
  
• 
  Orange County, California
  
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  Kern County, California
  
• 
  Sacramento County, California
  
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  St. Tammany, Orleans and Plaquemines parishes, Louisiana
  
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  Jackson County, Mississippi
  
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  Multnomah County, Oregon
  
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  Harris County, Texas
  
• 
  Salt Lake and Davis counties, Utah
  

Chevron will donate $1 for every eight gallon or larger fill up from
Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 at participating Chevron and Texaco stations in those
communities, up to a total contribution of nearly $5 million.

'Educating today′s students remains critical to our country′s future,
but America′s schools face significant challenges and have fallen behind
in science, technology, engineering and math,? said Dale Walsh,
president of Chevron Americas Products. 'Fuel Your School provides
teachers with essential tools and resources that help students learn,
explore and get excited about STEM education to help prepare them for
the jobs of tomorrow.?

The program is an innovative collaboration with DonorsChoose.org, an
online charity to help students in need. All year, public school
teachers across the U.S. post classroom project requests on
DonorsChoose.org, ranging from pencils to microscope slides and even
live tarantulas for use with biology lessons.

'Teachers spend more than $350 of their own money every year on
materials for their students,? said Charles Best, CEO of
DonorsChoose.org. 'Our site enables public school teachers to post
projects for funding from their community and companies like Chevron who
want to improve students′ education.?

The lack of adequate school funding across the nation has become so dire
that some teachers do not have basic supplies to help students complete
their classroom assignments. During the last school year, public school
teachers shared more than 100,000 requests on the DonorsChoose.org
website. One of those requests came from Ms. Lim-Breitbart, who teaches
high school physics at Aspire California College Preparatory Academy in
Berkeley, Calif., but lacked the resources to provide students with
hands-on scientific activities. With the help of the Fuel Your School
program, she and her students received digital thermometers and hot
plates to use during physics lessons.

'[The] donation helped change our classroom from "getting by′ to "doing
real science′ this year,? said Lim-Breitbart. Students now believe that
'science is a real option for them in the future.?

Chevron partners with local communities, governments and non-profit
organizations to increase learning opportunities for students and
support the social and economic vitality of communities where the
company has significant business operations. Chevron has contributed
nearly $100 million for education in the U.S. over the past three years.