The Orlando Sunland Division was a residential facility that cared for profoundly mentally and physically disabled adults and children. Within a period of 10 years though, the hospital faced some crippling developments, mostly due to understaffing and lack of funds. An investigation was conducted in the s after reports of abuse and neglect, ranging from getting bitten by rodents and pests to physical beatings.
Speaking strictly of the Orlando Sunland Center, investigations found that over patients had gastric feeding tubes and were being fed a cereal-like gruel three times a day.
Investigations also showed the facility was maintaining unsafe surgical areas and used short-term doctor authorizations to administer treatments on a long-term basis. The State Division of Retardation and local staff made promises for reform, but reform never occurred.
After careful review, the Association of Retarded Citizens ARC filed a federal class-action lawsuit in , on behalf of the patients for gross neglect and abuse. This move forced the state of Florida to close all Sunland facilities in The building laid vacant for years afterward, attracting kids because of stories of the building being haunted. In June , a tear-old man and three friends were supposedly playing hide-and-go-seek inside when he was critically injured when he fell down one of the elevator shafts.
Pine Hills residents lobbied hard after the accident to have buildings leveled by the state. Previous staff and patients were invited as well, some were interviewed about their time there. Mary Kortes, a floor aide who bathed, fed, and dressed patients from to , remembers how tough it was to work there at first. We will provide an environment that includes opportunity for all, while producing a fair return for our shareholders. Above all, we are thankful for the many gifts that God has provided and ask for His continued grace and guidance.
Sunnyland Mills will be a highly visible company that is known for its commitment to integrity, honesty and quality products. We will be a company that constantly looks to the future and invests in it, as well as the future of our team members and families. We will employ the most professional, loyal, dedicated and hard-working people in the industry who will be proud to work for Sunnyland Mills, and we will be proud to have them as long-term members of our team.
Our modern manufacturing plant, engineered with state of the art machinery and technological advances, produces superior quality bulgur wheat. By ensuring that our plant meets global, federal and state food processing regulations, our customers rest assured in the knowledge that the product they are consuming is safe and free of food contamination when it leaves our plant. The cleanliness of our plant and our attention to detail is unsurpassed in the industry. Our team members have the kind of single-minded devotion to quality that has allowed Sunnyland Mills to become the most recognized brand of premium Bulgur Wheat in the United States.
Technology, innovation and regulations continually evolve. Through direct control of raw material inspections; food safety programs, including an exclusive triple-cleaning method; supplier guarantees; finished product testing, including magnets and metal detection; and assurance protocol, including an active recall plan should a rare event take place, we continuously monitor every batch of our manufacturing process, ensuring quality products from farm to table.
Our knowledgeable and experienced staff has been trained to provide a superior brand name with low risk, safe, quality products that have been recognized for over seven decades. Sunnyland Mills is a long-standing member of the leading international food safety associations, as we helped found the Whole Grains Council.
Sunnyland Mills is a leader in solar power generation. For the first 20 years of operation, Sunnyland Mills used the sun to dry the cooked wheat berries. We now use the sun to produce a significant amount of the electricity we use to help run our plant. We recognize that we have both an impact and a dependence on biodiversity through our business operations and use of ecosystem services, such as agriculture, manufacturing, soil, and water. Under our business principle of good corporate conduct, we aim to minimize our impact on biodiversity and the wider environment.
Part of this commitment means minimizing or mitigating our impacts on biodiversity and linked ecosystem services, or where this is not appropriate or most beneficial, offsetting those impacts at a regional or national level. This statement will enhance the integration of biodiversity conservation principles into our business. We further believe that we are the stewards of our environment and that our environment is a gift from God.
Our goal is to ensure that company facilities and operations are in compliance with federal, state and local environmental standards. We believe that an appropriate balance can and should be achieved between environmental goals and economic health. We intend to be a leader in responsible environmental management. This requires each Sunnyland Mills employee to participate in and accept responsibility for achieving the following goals:.
Sunnyland Mills is determined to achieve the highest standards of ethical trading throughout its extended supply chain.
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