Are You Ready For Hurricane Season? Part 1
Hello 3PL friends, June 1 marks the official start of Hurricane Season. With this date on the horizon, Camelot has teamed up with ALAN to educate and inspire our 3PL partners to take action for the betterment of our local communities and those in need. Please stay tuned for our 4-part blog series offering different […]
Un-Trivial Pursuits (What’s Been Happening During ALAN’s Partners Calls)
I am firmly a Gen-Xer – and I have photos of my hairspray-fueled high school hairstyle to prove it. So when my husband and I recently joined some friends for Trivia Night at a local pub and I learned that one of the categories was “The 1980s” I thought we had the competition in the […]
A Roadmap To Water
Disaster recovery is never a single-handed effort. From a logistical standpoint alone, there’s a complex value chain of suppliers, distributors, transporters, donors, coordinators and volunteers who need to work in sync to ensure survivors receive the care and resources they need. Luckily, ALAN exists to connect all of these moving pieces and make disaster relief […]
Try Your Luck With These Disaster-Themed Limericks
It’s St. Patrick’s Day – and in addition to wearing green, we’ve got limericks on the brain. So we decided to try our hand at writing a few in order to share some helpful disaster advice. And since computer-generated copy seems to be the next big craze, we asked ChatGPT to do the same. You’ll […]
GCCA Member United States Cold Storage Rescues 150 Pallets of Pork
Image: GCCA member United States Cold Storage receiving the first shipment of pork to store for Operation BBQ Rescue. Originally published via Global Cold Chain Alliance’s Cold Connection news series On a Friday afternoon, the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) contacted the association with a request: Could a GCCA member help store 150 pallets of frozen pork […]
Our Perfect Bracket
As I write this, the U.S. is just weeks away from falling under the spell of March Madness. Millions of people eagerly tune into this roundball marathon each year, including many who spend hours putting together what’s known as their brackets. Madness indeed! Reportedly, no one has ever succeeded in building a perfect one (read: […]
White Elephant Or Truly Relevant?
Have you ever been to a white elephant party? Much like the popular Dirty Santa game, it involves everyone bringing wrapped packages that will be opened, “stolen” and eventually taken home by individual party guests. Only instead of newly purchased items, the packages contain recent Christmas or Hanukkah gifts that their owners don’t want or […]
All Is Bright
Light is always on my mind at this time of year. Maybe it’s because light figures prominently in the Christmas and Hanukkah stories as well as other holidays that are celebrated this month. Or perhaps it’s because we’re drawing close to the winter solstice, when sunlight is in such short supply (yes, even in sunny […]
Sing Along With ALAN (A Festive Fundraising Announcement)
Please enjoy this festive fundraising announcement. Sing to the tune of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Check out this nifty raingear Featuring your ALAN friends We’re gifting it to donors Supporting us at this year’s end All of the folks who donate One hundred bucks (times two) We’ll send this coat to thank […]