Saturday September 21st
Bus Tours 11-4
Free Food 12-4
Plant tours start at 11 a.m., buses leave every hour on the hour, last bus leaves at 4:
Tour guides are Shell personnel explaining the major units of the refinery.
Food service 12-4 includes free hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and pop:
Anacortes Noon Rotary and Fidalgo Island Morning Rotary will be serving.
Band 12-3:
Jerry Schreuder Band
Drawings every hour beginning at noon:
One $60 and two $30 gift certificates to local restaurants and one $25 gift gas card every hour. Need to register at the Welcome Booth to enter and need not be present to win.
Non-profits supported by the refinery:
11-1: Summit Assistance Dogs Beachwatchers-WSU
(Deb Hall & Suzanne Turner & Thor) (Don Meehan)
1-3: Padilla Bay Foundation United Way of Skagit County
(Paul Dinnel & Ed Gastellum) (Geneva Sasnett)
3-5: Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Ctr Boy Scouts of America-Skagit District
(Jim Pound & Anne Tanner) (Pack #1 Cub Scouts & Leaders)
Shell Puget Sound Refinery Booth:
Product displays, general plant information, description of process, video presentation with visits by Molly Cule.
Shell Project “Better World” Display:
Slide presentation by a local Shell employee of a sustainable-use project in Brazil.
Shell Marketing and PSSP teaming up with Child Watch of North America:
Distributing KidGuard ID cards that include the child's fingerprints, photograph and other critical information for parents.
Health, Safety, Environment:
Information on the programs at the refinery, free bike flashers and visits by and Safety Sasquatch.
Pacific Rim Enterprises:
Giving away 2.5 gal environmentally friendly gas cans.
Women’s Forum/Shell WAVE (Women Adding Value Everywhere):
Women’s Forum is a local support network and community outreach group at the refinery. Information will be available.
Shell Refinery Diversity Council:
Providing information on building diversity awareness in the community and refinery.
First Responders:
Providing any needed First Aid and information on rescue techniques.
Fire Extinguisher Demonstrations:
There will be demonstrations of home fire extinguishers safety and use every ½ hr beginning at 11:30. Also, 20 extinguishers will be given away during the day.
Fire Safety House:
Sponsored by the Burlington Fire Department, they will be demonstrating for children how to best vacate a burning house.
Petting Zoo:
Local 4-H groups will have pigmy goats, sheep, piglets, calf and possibly others.
Air Liquide:
Introduction of the company to the area and information on the new plant they are building.
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