HR1030 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Cargill is an international provider of food, agricultural, and risk management products and services, with 149,000 employees in 63 countries; and

WHEREAS, Cargill contributes more than $36 million globally to civic and charitable organizations each year to help the communities where its employees live and work; and

WHEREAS, The Cargill Grain Company of Illinois was formed in 1931 and provides nearly 3,000 Illinois jobs in 26 communities throughout the State; and

WHEREAS, Cargill is a leading sponsor of Farm Safety 4 Just Kids and supports 4-H Healthy Lifestyles; the company has received the Illinois 4-H Partners Award for its ongoing support of 4-H groups throughout Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Cargill has awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships to more than 130 Illinois students; the company has also committed more than $1 million to the University of Illinois for academic programs in agriculture, engineering, and business; and

WHEREAS, Cargill has pledged $150,000 to Beardstown High School for new science labs in the effort to bring science curriculum to local students; and

WHEREAS, Cargill offers English as a Second Language classes to its employees and their families through its partnership with Lincoln Land Community College; and

WHEREAS, Cargill has donated more than $700,000 to charities and communities throughout Illinois, including a new dispatch center for the police department in Beardstown, building homes for Habitat for Humanity, and contributions to United Way organizations throughout Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Cargill businesses along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers have supported Living Lands and Waters, an organization aimed at preserving the banks of the nation's rivers by volunteering time and financial resources; and

WHEREAS, Cargill is committed to reducing solid waste; Cargill Pork in Beardstown has reduced the amount of waste they send to landfills in Illinois by 58%, or 2.7 million pounds per year, by developing a process to turn the solid waste into compost; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we hereby designate February 26, 2008 as Cargill Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Cargill, Inc. as a symbol of our esteem and respect.