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ADAMS’MILLIS
Rmco News
VOLUME 52, NUMBER 2
June 1996
Over the past several
weeks, Sara Lee Sock
Company has been cited
for its support of local
organizations.
Much of this support
includes the efforts of
employee volunteers.
Congratulations and
many thanks for helping
make our community a
better place to live.
The International
Reading Association and
the High Point Council
have honored Sara Lee
Sock Company “for ex
emplary service in the
promotion of literacy.”
The award was pre
sented to the company
in May by Dolores B.
Malcolm, president of the
association, and Mary B.
Barham, president of the
local council.
SLSC’s work with
Welbom Middle School
in High Point accounted
for the company’s receiv
ing the honor.
♦ * ♦
Sara Lee Sock Com
pany has been cited for
dedicated service and
contributions to the High
Point branch of the
NAACP.
The award was pre
sented to the company in
March.
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The United Way of
Greater High Point has
presented Sara Lee Sock
Company with its 1995
Can-Do-Er Award “in
grateful appreciation for
helping the people of our
community.”
* * *
The Southern Chris
tian Leadership Confer
ence has awarded a “Cer
tificate of Appreciation”
to Sara Lee Sock Com
pany “for morally and fi
nancially supporting our
national civil rights and
humanitarian efforts.”
The certificate was
signed by Dr. Joseph E.
Lowery, president of
SCLC, which was found
ed by Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
Olympian Speaks to Sara Lee Sock Company Employees
Working To Be The “Best In The World
Former U.S’. Olympic
swimming standout Steve
Lundquist gave a pep talk
to employees at the Admin
istrative Office and shared
a word of appreciation for
Sara Lee’s support of the
U.S. Olympic team during a
visit to High Point April 10.
When you see our ath
letes on the awards stand
during the Olympics in
Atlanta — maybe with
tears in their eyes and
maybe with a tear in your
eyes — you can know that
you helped them get there,”
Lundquist said.
“Corporations like yours
are responsible for provid
ing much of the money it
takes for our athletes to get
to the Olympics. Your
company was the second to
sign up as a sponsor for the
1996 Games.”
Opening ceremonies for
the Olympic Games will be
held July 19 and events con
tinue for approximately
two weeks. The Games
A High Point employee competes in the hula hoop event.
will be covered extensively
by all news media, includ
ing live coverage of the
Games by television.
Lundquist said that Sara
Lee’s participation in the
Olympics will bring exten
sive exposure to the
company’s products. “The
most recognizable symbol
Steve Lundquist
in the world is the cross.
Did you know that the
Olympic rings are the
second most recognized
symbol?” he asked.
All members of the U.S.
Olympic Team delegation
will be wearing Champion
brand apparel, and the
60,000 volunteers for the
Games will be outfitted
with Hanes products. As
the Games’ largest lic
ensee, all T-shirts, shorts,
sweats, tank tops, sweaters,
polo shirts, socks and other
cotton knit apparel sold for
the Games will exclusively
be Champion and Hanes
products. Sara Lee antici
pates more than $200 mil
lion in sales from these
Olympic products.
Lundquist told the Sara
Lee Sock Company em
ployees that when he was
training for the Olympics
people frequently asked
him why he spent so many
hours every day practicing
for an event that took only
about a minute to complete.
“I told them that 1 was
working to be the best in
the world,” he said. He
added that his goals were
no different from the
goals of SLSC employees.
“When you make a product
you want it to be the best
in the world, also.”
At the conclusion of the
Olympic Festival Day at
the Administrative Office,
Lundquist presented
awards to employees who
won the mock Olympic
competitions during the af
ternoon. The winners were:
Larry Strader, basketball
bloopers; Tom Sykes,
goofy golf; Van Joyce,
deadeye darts; Sherry Tho
mas, photo flashback; and
Joyce Roberts and Linda
Jones, hula hoops.
A New Name Under The Sara Lee Umbrella
The task of changing the
corporate name from
Adams-Millis to Sara Lee
Sock Company, which was
announced in April, will
continue through 1996.
“We have completed the
first stage of the name
change,” says Chief Execu
tive Officer Rich Noll.
“Our initial focus was to
ensure that all of our key
constituences were in
formed of the change and
understood the potential
that the new name offers.”
The process of changing
the name of the company
touches a wide range of
activities: payroll checks
and signs on buildings as
well as many less visible
uses of the name.
“We believe the new
name will allow us to take
advantage of our relation
ship with Sara Lee Corpo
ration and also be better
understood by new custom
ers in new markets,” Noll
said. “As we work to ex
pand our business in a
global marketplace we feel
Sara Lee Sock Company
clearly describes what we do
and our relationship with
other Sara Lee divisions.”
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