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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Cargill is an international provider of food, |
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| agricultural, and risk management products and services, with |
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| 149,000 employees in 63 countries; and
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| WHEREAS, Cargill contributes more than $36 million |
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| globally to civic and charitable organizations each year to |
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| help the communities where its employees live and work; and
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| WHEREAS, The Cargill Grain Company of Illinois was formed |
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| in 1931 and provides nearly 3,000 Illinois jobs in 26 |
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| communities throughout the State; and
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| WHEREAS, Cargill is a leading sponsor of Farm Safety 4 Just |
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| Kids and supports 4-H Healthy Lifestyles; the company has |
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| received the Illinois 4-H Partners Award for its ongoing |
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| support of 4-H groups throughout Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Cargill has awarded more than $300,000 in |
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| scholarships to more than 130 Illinois students; the company |
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| has also committed more than $1 million to the University of |
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| Illinois for academic programs in agriculture, engineering, |
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| and business; and
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| WHEREAS, Cargill has pledged $150,000 to Beardstown High |
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| School for new science labs in the effort to bring science |
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| curriculum to local students; and
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| WHEREAS, Cargill offers English as a Second Language |
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| classes to its employees and their families through its |
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| partnership with Lincoln Land Community College; and
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| WHEREAS, Cargill has donated more than $700,000 to |
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| charities and communities throughout Illinois, including a new |
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| dispatch center for the police department in Beardstown, |
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| building homes for Habitat for Humanity, and contributions to |
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| United Way organizations throughout Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Cargill businesses along the Mississippi and |
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| Illinois Rivers have supported Living Lands and Waters, an |
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| organization aimed at preserving the banks of the nation's |
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| rivers by volunteering time and financial resources; and
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| WHEREAS, Cargill is committed to reducing solid waste; |
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| Cargill Pork in Beardstown has reduced the amount of waste they |
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| send to landfills in Illinois by 58%, or 2.7 million pounds per |
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| year, by developing a process to turn the solid waste into |
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| compost; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |