EVANSTON, Ill. - USG has received a 2015 Silver Cradle Award from The Cradle, an adoption agency based in Evanston. USG Corp. was one of 21 companies and organizations recognized for providing adoption assistance for its employees at The Cradle's annual fundraiser at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago on Oct. 17.

'We are proud to help our employees realize their dream of starting a family,' said Tom Foley, director of employee benefits at USG Corp.

'The adoption process can be emotionally and financially draining on prospective adoptive parents, so anything that companies can do to make it easier for their employees to adopt is so important,' said Julie Tye, CEO of The Cradle. 'We are thrilled that so many companies in our area recognize the importance of making adoption a viable option for families.'

This is the sixth year that USG Corp. has received the Silver Cradle Award.

Other companies that received Silver Cradle Award this year included AbbVie, Inc.; ADM; Advocate Health Care; Aon; Barilla America, Inc.; Baxter International, Inc.; CBRE; CNA; Deloitte, LLP; Fellowes, Inc.; Hospira; Mead Johnson Nutrition; Northern Trust; Perkins+Will; Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A.; Sidley Austin LLP; United Way of Metropolitan Chicago; VML, Inc.; W.W. Grainger, Inc.; and William Blair & Company, LLC.

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THE CRADLE is one of the foremost adoption agencies in the country and the only adoption agency in the country with an on-site nursery. Since it was founded in Evanston in 1923, The Cradle has helped place more than 15,000 children into permanent loving homes. The Cradle's mission is to benefit children and all others touched by adoption-by compassionately delivering exceptional education, guidance and lifelong support to build, sustain and preserve nurturing families. For more information about The Cradle visit www.cradle.org.

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