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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br />PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT <br />INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />***************************************************************** <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />NOVEMBER 6, 1991 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />STAN SHERWOOD, DIRECTOR PARKS & RECREATION <br />KAREN BEERMAN~SUPERINTENDENT SENIOR SERVICES <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />SHELL OIL HOME REPAIR PROJECT IN LA PORTE <br /> <br />****************************************************************** <br /> <br />Ms. Berta Hokanson of Shell Oil, who serves as coordinator for <br />Shell's Serve Program, contacted me regarding a home repair <br />project they would like to conduct in La Porte in March. <br /> <br />The project would involve over 100 Shell Oil employee volunteers <br />completing home repair projects on elderly, homebound citizens' <br />homes one week-end in March. <br /> <br />She advised me a similar project was completed in Deer Park. One <br />Hundred and sixty (160) Shell volunteers repaired eleven (11) homes <br />on a Saturday and Sunday in July. This included everything from <br />painting inside and out, wiring and plumbing, installing and <br />repairing windows, to building a new porch. <br /> <br />This project will require coordination and cooperation with the <br />City: participant referrals by the City, waiving inspection and <br />permit fees, approval of applications for building repairs, the use <br />of a facility for materials storage and provision of security; as <br />well as coordination and cooperation with businesses and civic <br />organizations: breakfast for the volunteers (coffee, rolls, <br />donuts), lunch (sandwiches, fruit, soft drinks), <br /> <br />Senior Services currently provides noon meals to 24 La Porte <br />homebound senior citizens, several of these as well as other <br />seniors in the community could benefit from a service such as this. <br />