Award-Winning Compassion
ALAN was pleased to present its 2024 Humanitarian Logistics Awards to 4 highly deserving individuals and organizations at CSCMP EDGE.
Created in 2017, these awards honor individuals and organizations that have demonstrated an ongoing and sustained commitment to helping others in their time of greatest need – and who serve as beacons of hope before, during and after disasters strike.
Please join us in congratulating each of this year’s winners. And if you know of a particularly deserving recipient for next year’s awards, please consider nominating them when nominations open in spring 2025.
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Niagara Cares – Outstanding Contribution To Disaster Relief Award
For donating and helping to distribute more than 700,000 bottles (350 pallets) of water to organizations that were aiding communities affected by disasters. Niagara’s pallet donations have supported survivors recovering from the pipe bursts in Jackson, MS, the Smokehouse Creek Wildfires, tornadoes across the Midwest and Louisiana, flooding in Houston, water disparity in Missouri, and Hurricane Beryl.
Southwest ToyotaLift – Outstanding Contribution to Disaster Relief Award
For donating approximately $90,000 worth of material handling equipment to the Red Cross and Volunteers for Public Service to help maximize and expand those organizations’ disaster relief and humanitarian efforts.
Hy-Vee, Inc. – Employee Engagement Award
For its disaster relief efforts, which have brought together employee volunteers from across the company to help support communities in need — both within its Midwest trade territory and beyond. In 2023, the team helped Operation BBQ Relief distribute 90,000 meals to Hurricane Idalia survivors, and this year, provided water, food and cleanup support after tornado damage in Greenfield, Iowa. Utilizing its Disaster Relief Fleet, Hy-Vee’s team has helped more than 40 communities across the United States since 2021.
Dr. Jarrod Goentzel – Research And Academic Contribution Award
For his founding of MIT’s Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab, where he currently serves as director. His research and mentorship directly engage private sector, government agencies, humanitarian, international development, and community organizations on several continents to improve disaster relief operations and aid vulnerable populations affected by catastrophic events, geopolitical conflict, and pandemics. He is also a founding member of the Supply Chain Analysis Network (SCAN), which fosters cross-sector collaborative learning to restore pre-existing supply chains following disaster.
