WHEREAS, on August 28, 2007, UPS will celebrate its 100^th anniversary; and

        WHEREAS, UPS has served Idaho since 1975 and today has over 836 employees and operates 14 facilities across the State; and

        WHEREAS, each day, 3,368 Idaho citizens use the express delivery and specialized transportation and logistics services that UPS provides; and

        WHEREAS, UPS delivers more than 51,189 packages every day to customers across Idaho, connecting people, communities and businesses; and

        WHEREAS, the services UPS provides connect the people of Idaho to more than 200 countries through its expansive transportation network that truly synchronizes global commerce; and

        WHEREAS, UPS has contributed more than $270,000 to philanthropic endeavors in the state of Idaho since 1995, reflecting the company’s emphasis on community service and citizenship; and

        WHEREAS, UPS will continue to both provide a substantial economic impact to the people of Idaho and focus on cultivating deep partnerships with the communities it serves;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim the month of August 28, 2007 as the

UPS DAY
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 14^th day of March in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE