15 years running for Deer Park students

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Shell Deer Park has been the presenting sponsor of the Fun Run since its inception in 2010, created in honor of Shell Deer Park’s 80^th year in the community. This year, to commemorate Shell Deer Park’s 95^th year in the community, a new challenge was created - the Campus Stem Grant Challenge. Each Deer Park ISD school campus that received at least 95 Fun Run registrations, won a $2,500 Stem Grant from Shell Deer Park. The Deer Park ISD campus with the most registrations won an additional $2,500. This challenge is in addition to Shell Deep Park’s $50,000 sponsorship of the Fun Run, as well as up to a $50,000 match for Fun Run registrations. This year’s run had the highest registrations to date, with 2217 people who laced up for their community.

“We have had the honor of growing hand-in-hand with the City of Deer Park over the past 95 years,” said Nathan Levin, General Manager, Shell Deer Park Chemicals. “We believe STEM programs funded by the Strides for Schools Fun Run can help develop the next generation of employees and leaders in our community. This is important to us at Shell because we believe our workforce should reflect our community.”

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With so many memories of Fun Runs past, Jennifer finds it difficult to pick a favorite memory. Instead, she likes to relish in how far the event has come, and how far it can go. One district-wide grant she holds close to her heart is the Reading Recovery Program. It is a short-term intervention for children who have the lowest achievement in literacy learning in the first grade. Children meet individually with a specially trained teacher for 30 minutes each day for an average of 12-20 weeks. The goal is for children to develop effective reading and writing strategies, so they can create a solid footing with which to begin.