Tyson Foods 2001 Annual Report Download - page 20

Tyson Foods has always been a family oriented company.
Now that our family is 120,000 strong, what a difference
we are making in fighting hunger, helping children and
bettering the communities in which we live and work.
Throughout Tyson, you’ll find team members who ded-
icate time and resources to everything from local Boys
and Girls Clubs, to United Way, to fundraising walks
for heart disease and cancer, to serving on chambers of
commerce. The Company supports and encourages our
team members’ involvement in their communities.
When tragedy strikes, our team members are often
among the first to help. In the aftermath of a tornado
in Gadsden, Alabama, a crippling winter storm in
Grannis, Arkansas, the misery of flooding in Houston,
Texas, and the events of September 11th, Tyson team
members were immediately on the scene to provide
comfort, shelter and nourishment.
Through our Project A+ label redemption program,
schools can receive cash rewards for books, equipment
and programs. At the local level, our facility managers
often host parent/teacher conferences on-site so
team members can meet with their children’s teachers.
In addition, Tyson is a national sponsor of Watchdogs
Across America, a non-profit organization that encour-
ages fathers to spend time in schools to serve as
mentors and positive role models for the students.
One of our most important contributions is through
our three-year partnership with Share Our Strength,
a leading national hunger relief agency. SOS works with
Tyson to distribute nutritious protein to food banks and
other organizations. Since May 2000, we have provided
more than 37 million meals to more than 250 hunger
relief organizations nationwide.
Because our communities are important to us, Tyson
Foods sees being a good caretaker of the environment
as a basic business responsibility. This year Tyson
dedicated a new wastewater treatment plant at our
Berlin, Maryland, production plant that uses ecologically
friendly technology in the water treatment process.
We also began construction on a gasification facility
at our Temperanceville, Virginia, plant that will convert
chicken litter and sludge into energy. Our Monett,
Missouri, plant was named winner of the first U.S.
Poultry and Egg Association’s Clean Water Award for
pretreatment facilities. And also this year, Southern
Company, one of the nation’s leading energy companies,
gave Tyson Foods the Award for Excellence in Energy
Efficiency – a prime example of how safeguarding
natural resources makes good business sense.
Each person on the Tyson team is making a difference
every day – by protecting the environment, by feeding
the hungry, by volunteering, by trying to make the world
better for someone else.
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ready and responsible – Tyson Cares
Tyson team members (from back to front) Ken Saurer, Sandy Cartmell,
Brock White, Scott Elliott and Kelly Cusack lend a hand with food donations
to June Self, founder of the Ozark Food Bank in Springdale, Arkansas.