“Bah” La La La La
Have I ever told you about the time I played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol? Yes, really. Our fifth-grade class staged a musical version of Dickens’ famous holiday classic, and I was one of several students cast to play the role of the crotchety cheapskate. To this day, when I watch any of the […]
Why Are We So Thankful For Our In-Kind Donors? Let Us Count The Ways: Hurricane Season/Western Fires/COVID-19 Edition
It’s hard to believe. But we’re now just a month away from Thanksgiving. Like many of you, I’ve always loved Turkey Day. But I’ve come to love it even more since I began working with ALAN, because the holiday usually hits right around the same time that hurricane season ends. The bad thing about this […]
Doing The Hard Work: ALAN Storm Alert For Hurricane Delta
As Texas and Louisiana start to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Delta, we here at American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) are gearing up to provide support – and hoping that our amazing partners like you will be just as willing to help with the 25th named storm of the season as you were with […]
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 […]
We Are Not Going Around: A Tribute To Jock Menzies (And You)
August is always a bittersweet month at ALAN, because we mark two major anniversaries –the untimely death of our founding president, Jock Menzies and the landfall of Hurricane Katrina. And this year, it feels especially so, because 2020 marks 15 years since ALAN was born in the aftermath of Katrina. I’ve been reflecting on both […]
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 […]
