king and not tommy hilfiger, not the company. so i am very proud to say that our company has been involved a little over 11 years. it has been a labor of love. to be here today, i really cannot express how wonderful it is. i want to say to terry johnson and to the staff, the very small staff of the memorial, and believable. they are hard workers, they are tenacious. they bring everything they have every day. i salute them. on behalf of the corporate foundation and our company, we say thank you and god bless. [applause] >> and now please welcome myrtle potter, board member of medco health solutions, this evening's sponsor. >> good evening. we are honored to be here with you tonight. we are thrilled to be gathering to commence five days of celebration of a life, dream, and the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr.. i am a board member of medco health solutions, the world's leading pharmacy benefit management company. we are thrilled to have the foundation served as this evening's platinum sponsor. on behalf of the board of directors

king, not tommy hilfiger. it is about dr. king. i'm very proud to say that our company has been involved a little over 11 years. it has been a labor of love, and to be here today, but you cannot express how wonderful it is. the want to say to harry johnson and a very small staff -- i want to say to harry johnson and the very small staff of the memorial, your wonderful, your tenacious, you bring it every day. on behalf of the foundation and our company, thank you and god bless. >> now, please welcome, myrtle potter, board member of this evening's sponsor, medco health solutions. >> good evening. first of all, we are very honored to be here with you tonight. we are certainly thrilled to be gathering to commence five days of celebration of the life, dream and legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr.. i am a board member of medco health solutions, which is the world's leading pharmacy management company. thee thrilled to have medco foundation service this evening's sponsor. on behalf of the foundation, our chairman and ceo, our executive

to talk just a moment about the man, tommy hilfiger. tommy hilfiger and i grew up in a very small town in upstate new york. i have known him since i was 10 years old. we went to middle school and high school together. he is the godfather of my son, who is here today along with my daughter and my lovely wife. the reason i mention that is that when we were youngsters -- i remember, we were sophomores assassinated. we had no idea that 20-30 years later, we would be working together, running a corporate foundation. when i was in uganda this past june with tommy, we were working in an african village and speaking about some of the work we were doing, and we mentioned that we were investing and supporting building the martin luther king national memorial. it was so awesome to see the people in this village acknowledge dr. king. they smiled broadly, and they were really excited that we were involved with a remarkable. i can tell you, this has been an assignment that i have been working on for the past 11 years. it has been a labor of love. it

king did, not tommy hilfiger. not the company. it is about dr. king did. i am very proud that my company has been involved a little over 11 years. it has been a labor of love. i really cannot express how wonderful it is. i want to say to here johnson and it to the staff, the very small staff of the moral, very wonderful. unbelievable. they bring everything they have every day. i salute you. on behalf of the corporate foundation, we just say thank you and got less. -- god bless. [applause] >> good evening. first of all, we are very honored to be here with you tonight. we are certainly thrilled to be gathering to commence five days of celebration of a life, dream, and legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr.. on -- i am a board member of medco health solutions, which is the world's leading pharmacy benefit management company. we are thrilled to have the medco foundations serve as this evening's platinum sponsor. on behalf of the board of directors, our chairman and ceo david snow, our executive team and over 20,000 associates, we welcome you to this historic ni

to talk just a moment about the man, tommy hilfiger.ilfiger and i grew up in a very small town in upstate new york. i have known him since i was 10 years old. we went to middle school and high school together. he is the godfather of my son, who is here today along with my daughter and my lovely wife. the reason i mention that is that when we were youngsters -- i remember, we were sophomores in high school when dr. king was assassinated. we had no idea that 20-30 years later, we would be working together, running a corporate foundation. when i was in you gonna this past june with tommy -- uganda this past june with tommy, we were working in an african village and speaking about some of the work we were doing, and we mentioned that we were investing and supporting building the martin luther king national memorial. it was so awesome to see the people in this village acknowledge dr. king. they smiled broadly, and they were really excited that we were involved with a remarkable. i can tell you, this has been an assignment that i have been wo

please welcome the president of the tom mihill dear -- tommy hilfiger foundation, mr. vickers. >> good afternoon. thank you. women who dared to dream -- this is an appropriate title, and as i stand here today, i have a lot of emotions running through me. the tommy hilfiger corporate foundation has been involved in this project for 11 years. gm was the first company to step up to the plate, and we were the second company, contributed $6.2 million, and been involved over 11 years, have an executive loan, another strong sister that has been with the foundation for seven years that we are very proud of, but what i'm really thinking about his giving praise to mr. harry johnson, who was president of the memorial, and his staff, of whether a wonderful job. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] >> i would like to share with you something that is on my mind. in front of every man, and let me say that again -- in front of every man is a great woman. i would like to acknowledge my wife who is sitting to my right, why loved dearly, and has put up with me for all of these

please welcome the president of the tommy hilfiger foundation, mr. guy vickers.applause] >> good afternoon. thank you. women who dared to dream -- this is an appropriate title, and as i stand here today, i have a lot of emotions running through me. the tommy hilfiger corporate foundation has been involved in this project for 11 years. gm was the first company to step up to the plate, and we were the second company, contributed $6.2 million, and been involved over 11 years, have an executive loan, another strong sister that has been with the foundation for seven years that we are very proud of, but what i'm really thinking about his giving praise to mr. harry johnson, who was president of the memorial, and his staff, of whether a wonderful job. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] >> i would like to share with you something that is on my mind. in front of every man, and let me say that again -- in front of every man is a great woman. i would like to acknowledge my wife who is sitting to my right, who i love dearly, and has put up with me for all of thes

tommy hilfiger and i go back. we have known each other since we were 10.foundation. when i began as president of the foundation, i could never forget in march of 2000, they called me and said, we have to get involved. i want you to research how to get involved in this organization in building this memorial for dr. king. one of the thing that resonates with me today that they said that we have been true to that i am very proud of my company. the thing that they emphasized was that it is about dr. king, not the company. this is about dr. king. i am very proud to say that our company has been involved a little bit over 11 years. this has been a labor of love and to be here today, i cannot express how wonderful it is that they want to say to the very small staff of the moral, they are hard workers, they are tenacious. they bring everything they have every day and i salute you and on behalf of the corporate foundation and our company, we .ay thank you and god bless th [applause] >> please welcome what member of -- .his evening sponsore [applause] >> we're honor