The Dole Food Company…in the Philippines…is…credited with helping communities… in a region that is rife with unemployment and terrorism…In addition to hiring locals to farm and work at its cannery…on…Mindanao, Dole offers social programs and health services to citizens. The company built a 1,000-seat gymnasium…[and] the only tertiary hospital in South Cotabato…Workers turn wood pallets that had been used to ship fruit into…desks and chairs for schools. In return, the schools have planted more than 1 million trees in honor of the program…[as part of the] “Chairs for Trees” [program]…The company said it offers good pay and benefits for its 38,000 direct-hire employees and close to 6,500 contract employees…Dole is also making strides in the environmental arena…