La Cañada Flintridge Calif. – The Allen Lund Company (ALC) recently participated with C5 Georgia Youth Foundation, Mayo Clinic Pediatric Book Program, and Society of St. Vincent de Paul's Toy Drive. These give back efforts are a continuance from 2016 celebrating ALC's 40th year in business and at least 40 acts of kindness each year. Allen Lund Company has a long history of giving back to communities and recognizes the humbling benefits of working together to support good causes.
ALC Flatbed supported C5 Georgia Youth Foundationby hosting a BBQ; feeding and entertaining kids with games and raffle giveaways. C5 Georgia Youth Foundation's mission is to inspire high-potential youth from risk-filled environments to pursue personal success, to prepare them for leadership roles in college, work, and community.
"We were very excited to partner with C5 for a second year for a cookout and an afternoon of activities for 70 kids at Camp Adahi," said Chris Clelland, Manager of the Flatbed office. "We love to be involved with C5 because we get to interact with the amazing kids in the program and seeing the smiles we bring to these kid's faces is priceless. C5 teaches kids to overcome challenges and to become leaders not just for themselves but their communities. It is inspiring to see how these kids are overcoming the difficulties in their lives and becoming model citizens. 100% of these kids graduate high school and get accepted into college. We will continue to partner with C5 as it is an amazing program with tremendous success."
In addition, ALC Minneapolis hosted a book drive for the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The Mayo Clinic Pediatric Book Program accepts new and gently used books and volunteers to hand out approximately 400 books each week to children of all ages. In the month of June, the Minneapolis office successfully collected over 500 books to be donated.
Derek Carmichael, Transportation Broker of ALC Minneapolis said, "We are pleased to donate more than 500 books to the Mayo Clinic's Pediatric Book Program. Our initial goal of 400 (enough for a week) books was far exceeded. We want to thank ALC employees and our fellow 505 Waterford tenants for their generosity in making this book drive a success. We also appreciate the volunteers that hand out these books to each and every child visiting the pediatric floor; their efforts make a big impression on Mayo's smallest patients. Our entire office is looking forward to making this an annual book drive to support this great outreach by the volunteers and staff at The Mayo Clinic."
Currently, ALC headquarters is hosting a Christmas in July Toy Drive for the Society of St. Vincent De Paul(SVdPLA) in Los Angeles. SVdPLA collects toys throughout the year to donate to children along with donated meals to provide a full Christmas for those underserved in Downtown Los Angeles. "ALC is proud once again to support the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The toy drive is a small part of a much bigger picture which is providing a Christmas to the most underprivileged in Los Angeles", stated Nora Trueblood, Marketing Director at Allen Lund Company.
About Allen Lund Company:
Specializing as a national third-party transportation broker with nationwide offices and over 450 employees, the Allen Lund Company works with shippers and carriers across the nation to arrange dry, refrigerated (specializing in produce), and flatbed freight; additionally, the Allen Lund Company has a logistics and software division, ALC Logistics, and an International Division licensed by the FMC as an OTI-NVOCC #019872NF. If you are interested in joining the Allen Lund Company team, please click here.
Established in 1976, the Allen Lund Company was selected as 2017 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100, a 2016 Top IT Provider by Inbound Logistics, 2015 Coca-Cola Challenger Carrier of the Year, 2015 Top Private Company in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal, 2015 Top 100+ Software and Technology Providers, 2015 Top 100 Logistics IT Provider by Inbound Logistics, a 2014 Great Supply Chain Partner, and was placed in Transport Topics' "2014 Top 25 Freight Brokerage Firms." The company managed over 310,000 shipments in 2015, and received the 2013 "Best in Cargo Security Award." In 2011 the company received the TIA 3PL Samaritan Award, and the NASTC (National Association of Small Trucking Companies) named Allen Lund Company the 2010 Best Broker of the Year. More information is available at www.allenlund.com.
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