CARING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY

SYSCO has received numerous awards and recognition for donations to food banks like Second Harvest National Food Bank and for community projects like the 1998 Houston Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Work Project. SYSCO also was the 1998 recipient of the Houston Better Business Bureau's Award for Excellence in Ethics.

Each of SYSCO Corporation's operating companies serves its community independently, selecting charitable and volunteer activities, which include donating products to food banks and homeless shelters and providing meals to volunteers. Corporately, the company also has a long standing commitment to higher education, donating scholarship funds to The Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association and other foundations. SYSCO also has joined with its premier suppliers in Johnson & Wales University's Vision 2001 campaign, which has a goal of providing $5 million in scholarships to qualified students dedicated to a foodservice career. In addition, The John F. and Eula Mae Baugh SYSCO Scholarship Program awards academic scholarships to employee dependents under age 24 who attend accredited four-year institutions. This year, 18 returning scholarship winners qualified for renewed funding, and scholarships were awarded to the following new recipients:

	Brandon S. Beck, Lilburn, Georgia	Nicholas S. Brown, Forest, Mississippi
	Stevi A. Caulfield, Louisville, Kentucky	Ryan P. Dewitt, Castle Rock, Colorado
	Christine M. Hayes, Bartlett, Tennessee	Heather T. Lorentz, Depew, New York
	Adam R. Marquis, East Winthrop, Maine	Shannon R. Martell, Richfield, Utah
	Joshua C. Nichols, Houston, Texas	Ryan P. O'Hara, Henderson, Tennessee
	Tracey K. Oliver, Indianapolis, Indiana	Jamie B. Smith, Los Angeles, California