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Council of the City of Chicago (Resolution No. XXXXXXX) RESOLUTION
Recognizing and honoring McDonald's USA, LLC and the more than 400 stores included in the company's Greater Chicago Region, which includes the City of Chicago, for their continued dedication to the communities they serve, the people they employ, the charitable services they undertake, and the "Archways to Opportunity®" program which provides free English as a second language classes, a pathway to an accredited High School Diploma and tuition for College.
WHEREAS, McDonald's® Restaurants with 36,000 restaurants worldwide, serving approximately 69 million people daily and employing over 1.7 million people; and
WHEREAS, McDonald's and its independent Owners/Operators have provided, and continue to provide, resources and charitable contributions to the communities in which they serve and to the people they respectively employ; and
WHEREAS, On October 15, 1974, with the support from McDonald's Owner/Operators, the world's first Ronald McDonald House was founded in Chicago and has since grown to a network of more than 359 Houses in 42 countries and regions; and
WHEREAS, For over 40 years, with the support of McDonald's and its independent Owner/Operators, the Chicago Ronald McDonald House has and continues to provide Chicagoans and families all over the world with a supportive place to stay while their children are in treatment; and
WHEREAS, Chicago has numerous Ronald McDonald Houses, and
WHEREAS, In 2015, McDonald's launched the "Archways to Opportunity" program which gives employees who work at a company-owned or independently ffanchised restaurant, the opportunity to improve English skills, earn a high school diploma, work toward a college degree and also helps these individuals develop an educational plan for success; and
WHEREAS, "English under the Arches®" is a program that teaches crew and managers the English language skills needed to communicate ; effectively with colleagues, customers, and in their daily lives; and
WHEREAS, The High School completion program is a nationally-accredited High School program available to restaurant crew and managers, who work at a company
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owned or independently franchised restaurant to obtain a high school diploma at no cost; and
WHEREAS, The college access and completion program helps in many areas, including: tuition assistance for college courses at higher education institutions accredited by the U.S. Department of Education, and the McDonald's employment training curriculum which carries the American College Credit (ACE) college credit recommendations which can be transferred to various colleges; and
WHEREAS, Nationally, over 819 restaurant employees who work at company-owned or independently franchised restaurants were awarded tuition assistance for high school, 3,346 were awarded tuition for college, 872 graduated from English classes and 308 completed advising sessions; and
WHEREAS, So far this year in Chicago, nearly 100 company or independent franchisee employees have, or are taking advantage of, the "Archways for Opportunity" program and that number is projected to triple by the end of 2016; and
WHEREAS, McDonald's continues to be an innovative company. The restaurant still stands as a resource for the community to come to, albeit now some restaurants come to the community through McDonald's McDelivery program! Therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO That we hereby recognize and honor McDonald's USA, LLC on Sunday, May 28th, National Hamburger Day, for their continued dedication to the communities they serve, the people they employ, the charitable services they undertake, and the "Archways to Opportunity" program.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Embossed copy of this resolution shall be presented to James Carras, Vice President and General Manager of the Chicago Region for McDonald's® USA, LLC as evidence of the sincere respect and admiration of this legislative body.