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SHP’s VP and COO, Dave Slater, speaking at the 10th Annual Cottonwood Awards Luncheon.
Last Thursday, we attended the 10th Annual Cottonwood Awards Luncheon hosted by the Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation. We are incredibly proud to have been one of the presenting sponsors for this charitable event. The Cottonwood Awards celebrate Long Beach leaders who have shown great efforts in promoting and supporting the cultural communities of the Southern California region. The luncheon was filled with many inspiring guest speakers as well as some great food and even better company! The funds raised at the luncheon support the overall mission of the Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation which is to educate and engage visitors by sharing their rich history, compelling stories, and their authentic connections to California’s past. We are proud of our long-standing partnership with the RLA Foundation and are looking forward to continuing it in years to come.
The Orange County Breeze recently published an article promoting the 10th Annual Cottonwood Awards Luncheon hosted by the Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation. We are incredibly proud to be one of the presenting sponsors for this charitable event. This event celebrates Long Beach leaders who have shown great efforts in promoting and supporting the cultural communities of the Southern California region.
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SHP recently participated in the annual Rancho Los Cerritos Mud Mania event. The event is a celebration of adobe and all things dirt. At this event families were able to make real adobe bricks, construct a mini-adobe home, compete in mud relay races, pan for gold, touch live insects in dirt, all while learning about Southern California’s rich history. What better way to learn about the different layers and materials of the earth than to eat it.
At the SHP table, children were given the opportunity to construct a visual representation of the different geological layers, and learn where and how crude oil is made by using edible materials. Blue frosting was the initial start to represent the ocean, and then kids were given the freedom to select which material best represented the different layers of rock, sand and silt. The different edible materials ranged from cereals, cookies, candies and of course, chocolate. It was easy to see that this hands-on experience was a hit!
Although the sugar fun treats were the grabbing points for the kids, the learning about the different formations and how crude oil was made really kept the kids’ interest. This is such an amazing event and SHP is proud to have been involved for over the last few years. It is safe to say, this experiment will be around for years to come.
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SH Petroleum dontates $15,000 to local rancho
Signal Hill — (Signal Tribune) — 11/02/12 — The Signal Hill-based energy company Signal Hill Petroleum recently made a $15,000 donation to Rancho Los Alamitos (RLA) that will support the Rancho’s educational enrichment and school tour program, which allows Long Beach students to learn about California history in an historical setting.
“The donation comes at a marvelous time for Rancho Los Alamitos,” said Rancho Los Alamitos Executive Director Pamela Seager. “With our new Rancho Center exhibitions and the restored historic Barns Area open to the public, Rancho Los Alamitos has expanded its capacity for educational programming, and these funds will allow more children to experience the site and take advantage of related enrichment materials.”
Approximately 6,000 school children each year participate in the school tour program as part of their study of California history. At a time when many schools are cutting back on off-site field trips and enrichment programs, Signal Hill Petroleum and Rancho Los Alamitos are partnering to ensure that schools most hard hit by budget cutbacks will be assisted with transportation to and from the site and that their tours of the historic site will include educational materials that enhance the unique learning environment at Rancho Los Alamitos, according to a press release issued by Finn Partners public-relations firm.
This unique environment inspired RLA Celebration Committee member Debra Russell to support educational programs at Rancho Los Alamitos through her role as Director of Business Development & Community Relations at Signal Hill Petroleum. Russell joined her children during a field trip with neighboring Prisk Elementary in Long Beach. “I immediately saw the beauty, importance and need to continue these programs for future generations of school children,” she said.
David Slater, executive vice president of Signal Hill Petroleum, said, “We are proud to support Rancho Los Alamitos and its educational mission with one of our largest grants to directly benefit the children of our community. Our support of Rancho Los Alamitos reflects our strong commitment to education, but it also reflects the close connection between the history of our company and the involvement of Rancho Los Alamitos in the development of the oil industry in Signal Hill and Long Beach.”