LyondellBasell has been honored with the Circle of Distinction Award from the National MS Society for raising a total of $1.4 million to help people living with multiple sclerosis.

Kelli Dreiling, National MS Society vice president of development, and Mark Neagli, president of South Central Region MS Society, are presented with a LyondellBasell cycling team jersey from Jim Guilfoyle of LyondellBasell on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, in Houston. LyondellBasell received the Society's Circle of Distinction Award for raising $1.4 million through participation in the annual BP MS 150 bike ride. The jersey will hang in the Hall of Fame at the National MS Society offices in Houston.

Since 1998, LyondellBasell employees have participated in the BP MS 150, a two-day fundraising bike ride in Texas organized by the National MS Society. The ride is the largest event of its kind in North America with approximately 13,000 cyclists, 3,500 volunteers and countless spectators along the route from Houston to Austin, Texas.

"At LyondellBasell, we believe in the power of many and I am extremely proud of the hundreds of LyondellBasell employees who have participated in this event over the years and helped us reach the milestone of $1.4 million dollars raised," said Jim Guilfoyle, senior vice president of Global Intermediate & Derivatives and Global Supply Chain, and a member of the LyondellBasell cycling team.

"Members of the Society's Circle of Distinction demonstrate their commitment to the Society's mission through their extraordinary financial leadership and generosity," said Mark Neagli, president of South Central Region MS Society. "We are deeply grateful to LyondellBasell and their extraordinary employees who are dedicated to bringing us closer to a world free of multiple sclerosis."

At a special event celebrating the milestone, LyondellBasell presented a framed team jersey to hang in the Hall of Fame at the National MS Society offices in Houston.