TEAM Turner™ 2019 Dragon Boat Race Lake Charles, La. – For the seventh consecutive year, Turner Industries participated in CHRISTUS Ochsner Southwestern Louisiana Foundation’s annual Dragon Boat Race fundraiser at the Lake Charles Civic Center Seawall. There were 30 teams that competed in the race and a total of $145,000 raised through the event which benefits the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN). The funds raised will help provide critical life-saving equipment for infants treated in the CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Labor and Delivery and NICU as well as help to fund CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital CMN commitments. Pictured above with TEAM Turner are twins Logan and Mason Crommelin who were born at 23 weeks and survived thanks to the life-saving equipment that CMN purchased for the NEO-NIC Unit at CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital. They are now seven years old.
Turner Team Wins “People’s Choice” Award at BBQ Cook-Off Marshall, Texas – Turner SIPA (scaffolding, insulation, painting and abatement) employees participated in the second annual “Cookin’ at the Creek BBQ Cook-Off,” benefiting United Way of Longview. The event was held at the Bear Creek Smokehouse and raised $22,260. The Turner team, consisting of Turner SIPA employees along with employees from Performance Contractors, Eastman Chemical Company and Joyce Crane, took home the “People’s Choice” award with their finger-licking good BBQ.
Pictured above left to right are: Jason Baker, Performance Contractors; Matt Welch, Eastman Chemical Company; Ray Smith, Turner Industries; Gary Rae, Turner Industries; Byron Rawls, Eastman Chemical Company and Ethen Rae, Joyce Crane.
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