ADM Donates $325,000 to Promote Clean Waterways
July 15 2015 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
- Total Contributions to Living Lands
& Waters Now Exceed $1.7 Million
- More than 200 ADM Employees Pitch in
for Cleanup at Starved Rock
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today presented a
$325,000 donation to Living Lands & Waters, an organization
that promotes the health and vitality of U.S. inland waterways, at
a volunteer cleanup event at Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby,
Illinois.
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More than 200 ADM employees gather at
Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby, Illinois, to clean up debris
and present Living Lands & Waters with a $325,000 donation to
promote clean waterways. Credit: Living Lands & Waters
The donation brings ADM’s total support for the organization
since 2004 to more than $1.7 million. The funds will be used to
support additional river cleanup events as well as an equipment
expansion project, which will help Living Lands & Waters
substantially its outreach and services. Their goal is to remove
1,000,000 pounds of garbage from the rivers this year, which is
three times more than they’ve been able to accomplish in previous
years.
“ADM recognizes that America’s inland waterways are vital
arteries whose health is essential to our nation’s economy, our
communities and our wildlife,” said Chad Pregracke, founder of
Living Lands & Waters. “The company’s support of Living Lands
and Waters demonstrates real commitment to ensuring that these
waterways are healthy and navigable.”
Directed by experts from Living Lands & Waters, more than
200 volunteers from 60 different ADM locations spent the morning
cleaning up debris from areas at the park that have been impacted
by recent flooding.
“It’s truly impressive to see how much can be accomplished in
just a few hours when organizations like Living Lands & Waters
and ADM coordinate their efforts,” said Kerry Novak, site
superintendent at Starved Rock State Park. “They were able to clean
up trails and campground areas and also remove exotic species along
the river area in one morning, which would have taken us weeks to
accomplish on our own.”
“Cleaning up our nation’s waterways is critically important for
numerous communities and industries, as well as ADM’s own
transportation network. It’s also an overwhelming task, and we’re
proud to support Living Lands & Waters not just with funding,
but also with man-hours at volunteer events like the one today at
Starved Rock State Park,” said Jeff Becker, vice president,
operations for ADM’s Ag Services business unit.
The donation was given through ADM Cares. ADM Cares is a social
investment program that directs funds to initiatives and
organizations that drive meaningful social, economic and
environmental progress worldwide. The program comprises three
distinct focus areas: supporting the responsible development of
agriculture, improving the quality of life in ADM communities and
fostering employee giving and volunteer activities.
About Livings Lands & Waters
Living Lands & Waters is a 501(c)(3) environmental
organization established by Chad Pregracke in 1998 and
headquartered in East Moline, Illinois. Living Lands & Waters
conducts a variety of initiatives including Community River
Cleanups, Big River Educational Workshops, the MillionTrees
Project, the Riverbottom Forest Restoration Project and
Adopt-a-River Mile.
About ADM
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland
Company (NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve
the vital needs of a growing world. Today, we’re one of the world’s
largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with
more than 33,000 employees serving customers in more than 140
countries. With a global value chain that includes more than 460
crop procurement locations, 300 ingredient manufacturing
facilities, 40 innovation centers and the world’s premier crop
transportation network, we connect the harvest to the home, making
products for food, animal feed, chemical and energy uses. Learn
more at www.adm.com.
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