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Logistics gives back

Here are some of the good deeds and charitable works performed by logistics and material handling companies.

DC Velocity Staff
By DC Velocity StaffJan 27, 2014
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  • Flagship Logistics Group is expanding its partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project. The company, which specializes in food, pharmaceutical, and beverage logistics, says it will hire more veterans and has committed a minimum of $100,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project Alumni program. On top of that, the logistics specialist has designed its new Flagship Logistics Customer Care Center in Indianapolis to exceed Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards for handicapped access specifically to accommodate military vets.
  • Ocean carrier Evergreen Line has shipped seven 20-foot containers of relief supplies, at no charge, to the area affected by Typhoon Haiyan on behalf of the Malaysian humanitarian organization Crisis Relief Services & Training (CREST).
  • Employees of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Southeastern Freight Lines performed 1,323 total hours of community service in 2013 as part of the "Southeastern Serves" program. More than 500 associates volunteered at such organizations as Coats for the Cold in Knoxville, Tenn.; Georgia Sheriffs' Youth Homes in Dalton, Ga.; and the Charlotte Rescue Mission in Charlotte, N.C.
  • Pegasus TransTech and its employees chose seven causes to support in the transportation industry and their local community during the holidays. Employees chose to donate to Wreaths Across America, the Trucking Moves America campaign, Hope Is Here-Metropolitan Ministries, the Salvation Army, Toys for Tots, leukemia and lymphoma research, and the local Ronald McDonald House. Pegasus TransTech Corp. provides technology services to transportation companies.
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february 2014
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