NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick
joined Shell and Motiva volunteers at The Salvation Army's
Aldine Westfield Community Corps for a Day of Caring. |
On their way to the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, driver Kevin Harvick and
the No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil crew from Richard Childress Racing
made a pit stop at the Houston Salvation Army Boys' and Girls'
Club for the Shell and Motiva United Way Day of Caring. Harvick,
Several race team crew members, and approximately 125 Shell and
Motiva volunteers participated by re-tilling a baseball field,
sprucing up landscaping, refurbishing the children’s area, and
painting and organizing storage rooms at the Boys’ and Girls’
Club.
The United Way Day of Caring is just one demonstration of
how Shell and Motiva support United Way. For 60 years, Shell has
been supporting United Way, and in the last 20 years, has
contributed more than than $111 million.
Shell and Motiva volunteers began working
at 9 a.m., Thursday, October 30, at The Salvation Army Boys’ &
Girls’ Club, Aldine Westfield Branch. Shell and Motiva’s United
Way Campaign is an employee/retiree program providing the
opportunity for individuals to make monetary and/or sweat equity
donations to the United Way of Greater Houston.
Employees are
provided release time (time away during normal working hours for
employees to volunteer) to participate in corporate-sponsored
outreach efforts.
NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick, who currently sits fifth in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) championship point standings,
was excited to join Shell and Motiva volunteers for the event.
With just three races remaining in the 2008 racing season,
Harvick remains in contention for the NSCS title.
Kevin Harvick is no stranger to the Houston community and
actually paid a visit to City Hall before the Texas race in
2007. “About this time last year, I was given a great honor by
the City of Houston with the proclamation of Kevin Harvick Day
on November 1,” said Harvick. “The commemoration was very
special because it represents my link to the community through
our sponsor, Shell Oil Company,”
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