AK Steel Honors Women for Courage, Leadership
12/06/2010 - The AK Steel Foundation is underwriting the Steel Magnolia Awards, honoring eight women who reside in the vicinity of AK Steel's corporate headquarters and plant operations, and who have made a difference in others’ lives.
The AK Steel Foundation is underwriting the Steel Magnolia Awards, honoring eight women who reside in the vicinity of AK Steel's corporate headquarters and plant operations, and who have made a difference in others’ lives. The awards are worth $1000 each and will be presented in the form of a grant made to an eligible nonprofit selected by each recipient.
The Middletown, Ohio, Community Foundation independently administers the Steel Magnolia Awards Program. The 2010 Steel Magnolia Award Recipients and the nonprofit they selected are:
- Barbara Condo of Fairfield, Ohio – One Way Farm Children's Home
- Traci Couch of Zanesville, Ohio – Eastside Community Ministry
- Elsa Croucher of Monroe, Ohio – Citizens Against Domestic Violence
- Maria Goodwill of West Lafayette, Ohio – American Cancer Society
- Cheryl Jarvis of Butler, Ohio – Kats 'N' Kittens Foundation
- Cheryl Schaefer of Butler, Pa. – Butler Health System Foundation
- Beth Stein of Lamar, Ind. – Crisis Connection Inc.
- Marty Vannatter of Catlettsburg, Ky. – Vannatter Memorial Scholarship at Boyd County High School.
"All of the award recipients are courageous women who, despite personal challenges, continue to make a significant difference in the lives of others," said James L. Wainscott, Chairman, President and CEO of AK Steel. "Through the company's foundation, we are proud to honor these inspirational women by sponsoring the Steel Magnolia Awards."
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6200 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pa.; Ashland, Ky.; Rockport, Ind.; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.
AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio, and Columbus, Ind. AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets.
