Getting Ready For Hurricane Idalia: ALAN’s Five Key Takeaways For Your Company
As Hurricane Idalia approaches landfall, ALAN is busy preparing, and we are encouraging all of our partners to do the same. With that in mind, we’d like to share five pre-storm takeaways that we feel it’s especially essential for you and your organizations to be aware of. We hope you’ll find them helpful. Because this […]
An Update On ALAN’s Hawai’i Response
Dear ALAN Friends: By now you’ve undoubtedly seen the many news reports about the devastating fires that hit the island of Maui. We mourn for those who’ve lost family members, friends and homes, not to mention most of their hometown. And we have already begun actively supporting relief efforts. After a disasters hit, it’s not […]
Jasper Disaster
There are some women who complain about being football or basketball “widows.” I’m not one of them. However over the past decade, I have come to loathe the month of July, when my husband takes over the remote and insists on watching Every. Single. Minute. of the Tour de France. This year things were different, […]
Nifty Ways To Team With ALAN
Whether you’re a business with logistics services to share or an individual looking to improve your disaster readiness, there are numerous ways to either give to or benefit from ALAN’s varied programs, including these fifty (oops, we meant nifty) Paul Simon-inspired practical suggestions. In-Kind Donations Give us a lift, Cliff (Or just let us use […]
Happy Brag Day
It’s almost Flag Day. But until then, all of us at ALAN are busy celebrating another important holiday that we like to call Brag Day. (And in case you’re wondering, yes, we did invent it. How could you tell?) It’s a day when we remember some of the amazing in-kind donors who have selflessly helped […]
Are You Ready For Hurricane Season? Part 4
We love that you want to help following a disaster. We all want to help in our own ways. But please don’t overthink this… You do not have to be MacGyver and make things up along the way. We’ve all heard stories about food, bottled water and other donations (PPE / hand sanitizer) not making […]
No Chicken Exit Required
A few weeks ago my daughter scored us tickets to a special preview of the new TRON roller coaster at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. I’m not a huge fan of roller coasters, so I didn’t quite share her excitement. But I promised to be brave and ride alongside her. As we walked through the queue, […]
Are You Ready For Hurricane Season? Part 3
During my career working with 3PLs, many clients I have worked with are genuinely good charitable people who truly want to be helpful and solve their customers’ problems. Also, the nature of being a 3PL means they must remain extremely flexible for the type of customers or goods that they handle. This benevolence and flexibility […]
Are You Ready For Hurricane Season? Part 2
Ever been on the beach on a nice sunny day and get a text alert that there’s an incoming storm, but the sun’s out and the weather is beautiful? It always seems to happen when you’re on vacation and a storm comes out of nowhere. How do you stay informed about inbound weather? As my […]