We Can Do Better Than This
Back in 2005, ALAN’s 2020 Lifetime Achieve Award honoree chef Gary LeBlanc decided to help with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. While volunteering in New Orleans, he saw firsthand how difficult it was to efficiently feed the many people who had traveled there to help – or who had been displaced as a result of the […]
ALAN Activates For Hurricane Sally
In an ideal world we’d have plenty of time to focus all of our efforts on Hurricane Laura clean-up and recovery – and assisting with ongoing disasters like the West Coast fires and COVID-19 But in the real world, disasters aren’t always willing to wait their turn. As a result, ALAN is officially activated for […]
ALAN’s Helpful Post-Hurricane Relief Do’s And Don’ts
As you are well aware, Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana earlier this morning. Since then, ALAN has heard from many people who are anxious to know, “What can we do?” (And thank you for all of those questions!) We hope to have specific answers soon, because we are working closely with the non-profit community […]
ALAN Storm Alert – Isaias
We continue to monitor Hurricane Isaias as it treks through the Caribbean, producing heavy rains with potential to cause life-threatening flooding. This storm comes as we continue to support Hurricane Douglas’ brush with Hawaii, Hurricane Hanna’s strike in South Texas, and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. What We’re Doing Yesterday ALAN began checking in with business, […]
The Wrong Side Of The Year
Have you ever woken up on the wrong side of the bed? In some ways, I feel like I woke up on the wrong side of the year. It seems like there’s been enough tragedy packed into the first six months of 2020 to last a lifetime – and that’s saying a lot coming from […]
Why Are We Grateful To Our In-Kind Donors? Let Us Count The Ways: COVID-19/Spring Tornadoes Edition
As I write this, we’re just a couple of days away from Flag Day. We’re also getting close to another holiday that ALAN invented last year. It’s called Brag Day. And it’s truly one of our favorites, because it gives us the opportunity to celebrate the logistics community and how it’s repeatedly stepped up and […]
Just The Facts, Ma’am: ALAN’s No-Frills, COVID-19 Operations Report
If you’ve learned anything at all from reading my blog, it’s to expect the unexpected. After all, over the past two years I’ve treated (or should I say, subjected?) readers to everything from a variation of my Grandma Jo’s favorite recipe to stories about my short-lived career as a magician. As a result, it probably […]
FAQs About How ALAN Operates During Health Emergencies
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are some questions that celebrities get asked more often than others. (These include, “What are you wearing?” “What did you steal from the set” and, “How did it feel to perform with _?”) Although ALAN isn’t a celebrity we can definitely relate. Because ever since early March, we’ve had one question that has popped […]
Help Others: ALAN’s Golden Rules For Supporting Social Distancing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By now, we’re all familiar with the guidelines for washing our hands and not touching our faces. But as we enter a new phase of Coronavirus mitigation, it’s time to turn our attention to several additional (and altruistic) best practices we might want to consider adopting. Here’s hoping they’ll enable all of us to do […]
