House Bill 9209

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9209

        By Representative Hill






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution in recognition of Winn-Dixie

  3         Stores, Inc., for its many community service

  4         endeavors.

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  6         WHEREAS, founded in 1925, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.,

  7  currently operates 1,168 stores and employs 139,000

  8  associates, with 22 manufacturing facilities and sales of

  9  $13.6 billion, and

10         WHEREAS, an integral part of Winn-Dixie's success is a

11  commitment to a variety of efforts in service to communities

12  throughout Florida, and

13         WHEREAS, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., has presented Good

14  Citizenship Awards, along with more than $6.3 million, to

15  hundreds of civic, youth, service, and educational

16  organizations, and

17         WHEREAS, Winn-Dixie Stores Foundation contributed over

18  $4.4 million to community organizations, including $2 million

19  in associate matching grants, with individual stores giving

20  another $2.1 million in financial aid and in-kind

21  contributions, and

22         WHEREAS, Winn-Dixie Jacksonville sponsored "Drive for

23  Meals," a golf tournament held to support the Meals on Wheels

24  program, and

25         WHEREAS, among the many charities, community service

26  organizations and programs, educational institutions, and

27  other institutions receiving Winn-Dixie Good Citizenship

28  Awards in the Jacksonville Division are:  Alpha & Omega

29  Miracle Home; the American Red Cross; Angelwood; the Arts

30  Council of Greater Palatka, Inc.; Asian House; the Baptist

31  Association for Special Children & Adults; Betty Griffin

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  1  House; Big Bend Hospice, Inc.; the Boy Scouts of America,

  2  Alapaha Council, North Florida Council, and Suwannee River

  3  Area Council; Boys Hope of Florida, Inc.; Boys & Girls Club of

  4  Perry; the Brehon Institute for Family Service; Camp Tracey

  5  Ministries; Christ the King Athletic Association; City Rescue

  6  Mission; Clara White Mission; Clay County Police Athletic

  7  Association; The dePaul School; the Down Syndrome Association

  8  of Jacksonville; Duval 4-H; Family Visitation Center, Inc.;

  9  First Coast YMCA of Jacksonville; Flagler College; Florida Tax

10  Watch, Inc.; Friends of the Franklin County Public Library,

11  Inc.; The Gathering Place; Hubbard House; I.M. Salzbacher; the

12  Interchurch Coalition for Action, Reconciliation, and

13  Empowerment; Intervarsity Christian Fellowship; the

14  Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce; the Jacksonville Children's

15  Endowment Fund; the Jacksonville Public Library; Jacksonville

16  University; the Jacksonville Urban League; the Jericho School

17  for Children with Autism, Inc.; Learn to Read of St. John's

18  County; the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library; the

19  Madison County Foundation for Excellence in Education, Inc.;

20  the Mayo Foundation; the Methodist Hospital Foundation Medical

21  Center Plaza; Open Doors Child Development Center, Inc.; the

22  Otis Smith Foundation; Paul Anderson Youth Home, Inc.; Quigley

23  House; Ronald McDonald House; Sav-a-Child, Inc.; Teen

24  Challenge International; The Bridge of Northeast Florida,

25  Inc.; University of North Florida; Wolfson's Children's

26  Hospital Women's Board; YMCA, Lake City Family; and YWCA of

27  Jacksonville, and

28         WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the Florida

29  House of Representatives recognizes Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.,

30  for its many community service endeavors and the contributions

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  1  it has made to communities throughout the State of Florida,

  2  NOW, THEREFORE,

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  4  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  5  Florida:

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  7         That the House of Representatives of the State of

  8  Florida hereby recognizes Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., for its

  9  many community service endeavors.

10         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

11  be transmitted to Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., as a tangible token

12  of the sentiments expressed herein.

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