VALPARAISO – Cargill’s Greater Indiana Farm Service Group received the 2012 Spirit of Cargill Award for its work with Housing Opportunities.
The Spirit of Cargill Award is given to businesses that best exemplify the legacy and passion of the company’s founder, William Wallace Cargill.
The recognition included a $5,000 check that the Greater Indiana team presented to Housing Opportunities on March 26. Housing Opportunities is a HUD-approved and state-certified housing agency serving Northwest Indiana. It provides housing and access to food pantries for individuals and families in Porter, LaPorte, Jasper, Newton, Starke and Pulaski counties.
In 2011, some 70 Cargill Greater Indiana employees helped refurbish an old hotel in Valparaiso that is used as a housing center and good bank for the homeless. In addition to working on the hotel, the Greater Indiana team donated $6,250 to Housing Opportunities that was matched by the parent company.
Cargill’s Greater Indiana Farm Service Group is a network of grain elevators and farm service centers in Aylesworth/Kouts, Bremen, Burns Harbor, Lafayette, LaPaz, Linden and Tipton.
