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Well this is an incredibly huge honor for us. My name is Dave Evans. I'm the president
of La Prima food group. I am Mary Daley. I'm from Life Technologies. I'm Jackie Cooper.
I work with Goodwill Industries International. I'm Ray Shelton. I'm the director of campus
sustainability and environmental safety at Salisbury University. I'm Tammy Norris. I'm
with Oakland Nursing and Rehab. I'm the admissions and marketing director. My name is Cody Cedruly
and I'm with CocaCola refreshments, representing our Baltimore production facility, and we
are one of the 2013 Leadership Award Winners here. We have won a leadership award here
by the Maryland Green Legislature. Winning this shows that the hard work we put in, that
our employees have put in, it's paid off. I just want to share that personally I'm very
excited to have this award. I feel like...um...it's the folks back at the campus that are working
*** their various initiatives, are going to feel recognized as a result of this. I
think it's a good recognition...uh...of Goodwill, just in general, of what we do and the work
that our people and our team members are part of. I think this is a big deal. This is a
big accomplishment. It's something that we worked very hard for over the past year. Well
this is an incredibly huge honor for us. It's a very important part of who we are as a business.
We've been working very hard over the last number of years to create a culture of sustainability
in our company. We have to be better stewards of all of our resources, so whether we're
talking about water, or whether we're talking about raw goods, like aluminum, wood, plastic,
steel, we look at every facet of our business. I think it's important because we are trying
to save the environment and um...as time goes on, you know, we have to live on this earth
for a long time. We need to ensure it's going to be here. The Green Registry is probably
one of the best examples out there of how public/private partnerships can bring various
components of our community together. We joined the Green Registry because we have so many
great projects we've been working on that we wanted to share it with all the other companies
in the area. I joined it because it's uh...great way to get our information out and also to
connect with others that are doing the same kinds of things. Umm...I know there's a lot
of organizations that are out there that are doing great things -- green things, and I
would encourage them to take a look at this particular opportunity to get the word out.
Umm...it's a great way to let other people know what you're doing, and it's a great way
to find out what other people are doing. When you talk about living here in Maryland, in
the Chesapeake Bay watershed, what better example than the Maryland Green Registry talking
about how businesses can play a stronger and deeper role in protecting our environment.