MEMBERS IN MOTION SHELL DEER PARK Shell to Provide Over One Million Pieces of PPE to U.S. Communities in Need As the number of COVID-19 cases surges across the country, Shell Oil Company (Shell) has announced it will contribute more than one million pieces of PPE to communities and medical care facilities from coast to coast. Face shields, non-medical masks and nitrile gloves are now arriving in some of the hardest hit areas of the country. To date, Shell has donated more than $4.4 million to help communities across the U.S. respond to the pandemic. The contribution total is mostly made up of in-kind contributions of PPE, meals, fuel, and hand sanitizer to front-line responders, medical and educational institutions. The cash contributions include donations to community relief organizations, food banks, mental health services and, through a national employee match program, more than 175 local organizations across 24 states.
For more information on Shell’s COVID-19 relief efforts, please visit www.shell.us/covid-19-shell-sresponse-in-the-united-states.
Shell Deer Park helps keep Hands Clean in local ISDs At the start of the pandemic, Shell converted several of its plants to produce liquid hand sanitizer. The company has so far donated more than 5,900 gallons to offices of emergency management, medical and elder care facilities, local community school districts and universities. Additionally, Shell donated 132,000 gallons of isopropyl alcohol for use in the production of surgical grade disinfectant wipes and in the preparation of COVID-19 test and vaccine research. With donations going out to the Deer Park, Pasadena and La Porte Offices of Emergency Management earlier this year, Shell Deer Park has recently reached out to local ISDs with a donation of 400 gallons of hand sanitizer going to Deer Park ISD, Pasadena ISD, and San Jacinto College.
Efforts in the South Focusing on Texas and Louisiana, Shell has provided more than $2 million in cash and in-kind contributions to support COVID-19 relief efforts including 900,000 pieces of PPE across 14 local organizations, including, but not limited to: Texas Medical Center c/o Houston Methodist, MD Anderson, Legacy Community Healthcare, Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH) State Office of Rural Health, Texas Department of Emergency Management and the Deer Park, Pasadena and La Porte Offices of Emergency Management.
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