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A JOINT MEMORIAL

CONGRATULATING UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC., ON ITS

CENTENNIAL AND RECOGNIZING ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RESIDENTS

OF NEW MEXICO.

WHEREAS, on August 28, 2007, United Parcel Service will

celebrate its one hundredth anniversary; and

WHEREAS, United Parcel Service has served New Mexico

since 1972 and today employs over one thousand three hundred

thirty people and operates twenty-four facilities across the

state; and

WHEREAS, each day, over four thousand New Mexicans use

the express delivery and specialized transportation and

logistics services that United Parcel Service provides; and

WHEREAS, United Parcel Service delivers approximately

seventy-seven thousand two hundred fifty packages every day to

customers across the state, connecting people, businesses and

communities; and

WHEREAS, the services United Parcel Service provides

connects the people of New Mexico to more than two hundred

countries through its expansive transportation network that

truly synchronizes global commerce; and

WHEREAS, United Parcel Service has contributed more than

five hundred ten thousand dollars ($510,000) to philanthropic

endeavors in New Mexico since 1995, reflecting the company's

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emphasis on community service and citizenship; and

WHEREAS, United Parcel Service will continue to provide

a substantial economic impact to New Mexico and focus on

cultivating deep partnerships with the communities it serves;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it congratulate United Parcel Service

of America, Inc., on its centennial anniversary and that it

recognize and celebrate the contributions of United Parcel

Service to the people of New Mexico, both economically and

philanthropically; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be

transmitted to the United Parcel Service corporate office.