DC Velocity - September 2018

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Here’s our monthly roundup of some of the charitable works and
donations by companies in the material handling and logistics space.
b Itasca, Ill.-based global logistics solutions provider AI T Worldwide
Logistics has re-enlisted as a team for September’s St. Jude Walk/Run
to End Childhood Cancer, with a goal of raising $50,000 after a com-
pany match. In addition to participating in the race, team members
volunteered to pack 800 bags with crayons, markers, paper, and stick-
ers, which will be stocked in waiting rooms at the St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
b Jacksonville, Fla.-based liner
shipping company Crowley
Maritime Corp. worked with the
local nonprofit Dreams Come True
to fulfill the dream of a girl with
a congenital joint condition, who
wanted to create a library in her
home community of Grenada.
Crowley provided free transport for
a 20-foot-long shipping container
filled with 306 boxes of donated
books—enough to create a 15,000-
book library.
b Atlanta-based transportation
and logistics giant UPS Inc. contributed more than $2 million to
Canadian communities in 2017. The donations included charitable
grants to United Way in Canada; community grants to more than
150 charitable organizations; 127,837 volunteer hours from UPS
employees along with their families and friends; and the planting of
4,320 trees across Canada to help offset greenhouse gas emissions.
b Industrial truck
manufacturer and
supply chain ser-
vices provider Kion
North America Corp.
loaned a Linde Series
346 electric forklift to
the South Carolina
Aquarium, allowing
the nonprofit conser-
vation and education
group to move Kiki, a

6.5-foot-long, 165-pound female sand tiger shark, to her new home
at Florida’s Marineland.

b Omaha, Neb.-based truckload carrier and logistics company Werner Enterprises unveiled its first “Race for the Cure” truck, raising awareness for breast cancer. The specially wrapped 2019 Freightliner Cascadia was presented to Werner team drivers Dorwenda Lewis—a breast cancer survivor—and her daughter Sanaye. The truck supports the mission of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure charity.

Logistics gives back

Looking for ideas on how to promote
warehouse safety? You might want to
look to the example set by TreeTop
Inc.

TreeTop, an apple growers’ cooperative in Selah, Wash., recently took first-place honors in a safety contest run by material handling equipment dealer Raymond Handling Concepts In addition to bragging rights, TreeTop’s safety initiative earned the co-op a tasty prize: a free lunch for all 27 employees, catered by Tacos El Rey.

Along with organizing the contest in honor of National Forklift Safety Day, RHCC marked the event by posting its Top 10 forklift safety tips online. You can read them here: https://raymond-handling.com.