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<\/p>\nBy Emilee Martichenko & Lori Lockman<\/p>\n
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Whoever said that \u201cnice guys finish last,\u201d clearly never heard of the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN).<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the most wonderful things about working in the disaster relief space is getting to witness amazing acts of kindness,\u201d said ALAN Executive Director Kathy Fulton. \u201cBut one of the most frustrating is realizing that many of these acts, which are truly life-changing, go unrecognized, especially in the logistics industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2017, ALAN (a non-profit organization that specializes in improving disaster relief outcomes by providing other non-profits with the donated logistics services they need before, during and after catastrophes) set out to rectify this by creating the Humanitarian Logistics Awards.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter 12 years of providing logistics-related disaster relief, we knew that many humanitarian efforts couldn\u2019t happen \u2013 or happen as effectively \u2013 without the generosity of the commercial supply chain industry or the academics who contribute groundbreaking thought leadership to the industry. And we felt like this generosity deserved to be recognized in a significant way,\u201d Fulton said.<\/p>\n
During the Humanitarian Logistics Awards\u2019 earliest years, many honorees came from ALAN\u2019s own in-kind donor base. Saddle Creek Logistics Services, for example, was recognized for helping ALAN provide donated medical supply shipments after a devastating earthquake in Ecuador. International Paper was recognized for donating tens of thousands of boxes that enabled ALAN to help several disaster relief organizations sort and distribute aid after disasters like Hurricane Matthew and wildfires in Tennessee. And Core-Mark International and the American Trucking Associations were honored for their donated transportation services and equipment that enabled ALAN to help several non-profits deliver and distribute food and PPE during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
However over time, as more people become aware of the awards and began submitting nominations, the winners\u2019 circle expanded to include several organizations with little to no ALAN affiliation \u2013 including honorees like Flexport.org, which received a 2023 Humanitarian Logistics Award for delivering more than 74 million pounds of relief\u00a0 supplies to more than 90 different countries and Hanken\u2019s own Dr. Diego Vega, who was the recipient of the 2023 Humanitarian Logistics\u00a0 Research And Academic Contribution Award.<\/p>\n
\u201cNaturally we\u2019re very proud of and thankful for all of our in-kind donors, and the many amazing things they\u2019ve done,\u201d said Fulton. \u201cAt the same time, our intention has always been for this award to celebrate all of the humanitarian work that\u2019s being done in the logistics industry, not just work that\u2019s being done through our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today, ALAN\u2019s Humanitarian Logistics Awards have helped shine a light on the extraordinary achievements of 41 selfless companies and individuals that have ranged in size from small, regional third-party logistics providers to large, multi-national corporations like Amazon and Home Depot \u2013 and whose humanitarian work has helped survivors of everything from Ebola outbreaks and earthquakes to hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes.<\/p>\n
ALAN is looking to make that group even larger when it opens nominations for this year\u2019s awards on May 1st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Any philanthropically minded logistics company, logistics professional or logistics academic is eligible to win \u2013 as are companies with logistics departments that are engaged in charitable efforts.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile we\u2019re familiar with many of the ALAN-related philanthropic activities that have taken place in transportation and warehousing, there are many others that we won\u2019t be aware of \u2013 and able to honor \u2013 unless people take the time to let us know about them,\u201d Fulton added. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re encouraging everyone who knows of someone deserving to take the time to submit a nomination. We genuinely appreciate hearing about some of the other amazing work that\u2019s being done and look forward to announcing our latest winners in October.\u201d<\/p>\n To make a nomination \u2013 including a self-nomination, go to ALAN\u2019s website at https:\/\/www.alanaid.org\/humanitarian-awards-nomination\/<\/a> . And to read about more Humanitarian Logistics Award winners \u2013 and learn how Dr. Vega earned his, go to https:\/\/www.alanaid.org\/humanitarian-logistics-awards\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hollywood has its Oscars. Music has its Grammys. And charitable logistics has its Humanitarian Logistics Awards. Read on to find out how a supply chain-focused non-profit wound up creating one of the industry\u2019s most selfless honors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1083,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions\/1083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/humlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}