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Volunteers 'paint' it forward to veteran, retired CCPD officer

The project is a part of National Paint Week.

PORTLAND (Kiii News) — For National Painting Week Sherwin Williams is giving back to their community.

Veteran William Noonan has lived in the same home, with his wife Anne, for close to 30 years and in that time it's never received a fresh coat of paint.

So when the Noonan's were randomly selected by Sherwin Williams to get their house painted they were elated.

Their daughter submitted a letter saying why her dad should be chosen.

"About two weeks ago our daughter told us," William Noonan said. "We didn't know a thing about it."

Although the selection process is random there is no doubt that William Noonan is deserving.

"I was in the Navy for 21 and a half years," Noonan said. "Been on five aircraft carriers. I was on one of the first carriers in Vietnam when that blew up after the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Finally, retired in 1980 and have been working ever since."

He worked for CCPD, and now at the age of 76 he works at both the U.S.S. Lexington and Whataburger Field.

He got to sit back and relax while his home was being painted.

That's where Nelson Martinez comes into play.

He works for Sherwin Williams and helped the Noonans pick out a paint color.

"I recommend the trends that are going on right now so we are actually going to have a color called perfect gray on the body, and popular gray on the trim which those colors are trending right now," Martinez said.

But there is more to it than just painting. There was a lot of preparation that went on, like scraping off old paint, covering any holes, and washing the brick.

"The condition of the brick is still a little severe, so were are going to give it another wash, although it's going to take us more time, but we want it done right," Martinez said.

And Noonan's are so thankful.

"They don't know us from Adam," Anne Noonan. "They are giving up their time to do this for strangers. We're blown away."

In 2017 alone, Sherwin Williams has donated over 8,000 gallons of paint and volunteered close to 30,000 hours.

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