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Spring/Summer 2005 Newsletter
CRI
CRI has been active with Casa for only three years, but David Aldous, President and CEO of the company, has a long history with Casa through his prior positions at Shell. CRI workers first took on the repair and renovation of one of the houses that involved extensive landscaping, painting, carpentry and plumbing. Pre-planning was essential. First they had to understand the scope of the project. The project committee then formed work groups that corresponded with the talents and skills of their own people. Finally, a schedule was set and the CRI volunteers spent two full days executing the work. Last October, in preparation for Casa’s 22nd Birthday Party a group of 27 CRI people from both the Houston and Woodlands offices spent a very physical day at the Almeda property. They did battle with the overgrown, out-of-control bamboo—slashing away the overgrowth, cutting back the main plants and whacking off at the ground the unwelcome spreaders, as well as removing the overgrown bedding bordering the frontage of the property. Using all their connections, part of the group obtained beautiful donated plant material and had the pleasure and instant gratification of planting sego palms, variegated ginger, dwarf yaupon, pansies and hibiscus along the perimeter privacy fence. Another crew power-washed the sidewalks and front porches of the houses. The final touch was making bike paths for the children by raking through the pine needles, clearing the way and then piling up and forming the pine needles to make curbs. The benefits of these work projects to Casa are evident. The workers also had the joy and satisfaction of helping others through jobs well done.
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