City of Chicago
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 collea...
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