CORPORATION— ELI LILLY AND COMPANY

Eli Lilly and Company, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a global research based pharmaceutical company that far exceeded its corporate responsibility with its inaugural Lilly Global Day of Service. The global day of service engaged a total of 8,400 volunteers – 70 percent of the corporate headquarters employees! Meetings with community partners helped organizers identify projects that would meet the needs of the community. Five significant projects were selected and volunteers were divided into teams. A team of 2,000 Urban Renewal volunteers painted murals throughout the city of Indianapolis. The murals were designed by high school students, thereby enhancing cultural and arts education throughout the city and giving the community something to take satisfaction in. First Impressions volunteers expanded green spaces throughout the city, focusing on roadway medians, parks, right of ways and trails by planting over 1,500 trees and 4,000 plants. Building off of the existing Keep Indianapolis Beautiful program, Project Green Schools, Lilly's 1,500 Growing to Learn volunteers identified projects at eighteen area schools. Projects ranged from tree plantings (386 additional trees) and pulling weeds, to creating outdoor patios and shelters for the students to enjoy. Restore the Shore volunteers teamed with the Indianapolis Parks Department to clean up litter and remove invasive species on twenty-four acres adjacent to the waterway. The work of these volunteers completed in eight hours would have taken the Parks Department an estimated five years to complete. Over 600 United We Thrive project volunteers teamed with fifteen United Way of Central Indiana agencies to restore the buildings and offices of local social service agencies and to build two Habitat for Humanity houses. The Lilly Global Day of Service gave the Indianapolis community and Eli Lilly and Company more than either could have bargained for. Their service beautified the city, restored habitat, educated youths and created lasting gifts for all to enjoy.

Deputy Secretary of the Interior, David Hayes, accepting the award, Senior Communications Associate, Mary Jo Sashegyi, joining her, Director of Take Pride in America, Lisa Young.