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Test Your Winter Storm Readiness
Oh the weather outside is frightful, which is why it feels like the perfect time to brrrrrrrr-ing you this latest installment in ALAN’s popular “Test Your
Paint Life Grand
Each year at Christmas, my daughter and I buy each other one inexpensive, frivolous gift. This year we somehow both ended up gifting one another coloring
The Maui Wildfires: A Whole Community Approach In Moving Donations
Authored by Alexia Nobles In the first few weeks of the Maui wildfire response, a tsunami of product donations flooded the island, overwhelming first responders on
Sing Along With ALAN (A Festive Fundraising Announcement)
It’s almost Christmas – and we all know what that means. So grab a cup of eggnog and get ready to fa la la right along
I “Do”nate: A Wedding War Story
If I seem to look considerably older than I did at this time last year, there’s a reasonable explanation. I spent the first third of 2023
Oh The Horror (Movie): 5 Important Things Scary Films Can Teach Us About Disaster Relief
A couple weeks ago, one of ALAN’s team members wrote a blog in which she publicly admitted that she’s the kind of person who makes Scooby
5 Scary Thoughts About Disasters And Disaster Relief (ALAN’s Official Halloween Blog!)
It’s almost Halloween, and if your town is anything like mine, your neighbors’ yards are already littered with ghosts, witches and tombstones. Clearly some of us
Hurricane Damage “Meats” Logistics Compassion
In the aftermath of devastating hurricane damage, a non-profit specializing in hunger relief was ready to stage its largest deployment ever and feed close to a
Test Your Hurricane Readiness
In addition to school being in full swing post Labor Day, September is also National Preparedness Month. Here at ALAN, we’ve already mobilized to help with
Happy Trucker Driver Appreciation Week (X 52)
Years ago, I recall reading a Peanuts cartoon when Lucy asked her grandmother why there was a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day but not a
What Can We Do? Four Practical Suggestions For How We Can All HELP After A Disaster
Yesterday morning, Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a strong Category 3 hurricane near Keaton Beach in Florida’s Big Bend, leaving considerable damage and devastation in its
Hurricane Idalia: Situation Report
ALAN is fully mobilized to respond to Hurricane Idalia and we are interfacing with our non-profit, industry and government partners to bring trusted resources and information
