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 […]
Are We There Yet? A Look At COVID-19, Cross-Country Races And Finishing Strong
A Letter From Board Member Mark Richards Fun fact about ALAN: Many of us who work or volunteer here are either long-distance runners, or we’re related to someone who is. Thanks to my sons Tim, Ryan, and Aaron, who are all cross-country runners, I actually fall into both categories. As a result, I hope you […]
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 […]
Communicating During The Coronavirus (Or Why ALAN Has Been So Quiet)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Communicating During The Coronavirus (Or Why ALAN Has Been So Quiet) When a disaster hits, one of the first messages that ALAN sends is a reminder not to self-deploy or participate in product collection drives — because we know from experience that these well-intentioned efforts can get in the way of first responders’ essential […]
Hat’s Incredible: A Day In The Life Of ALAN
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fun fact: I rarely wear hats, unless you count bicycle helmets. But on a recent day, the ALAN team and I found ourselves donning numerous chapeaux over the course of just a few hours – so much so that we could have given Diane Keaton a run for her money. . . EDUCATOR […]
Keep Calm – And Remember To Wash Your Hands
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are some stories that have the potential to scare the (ahem) stuffing out of us. And not all of them are authored by Stephen King. The unfolding tale of the Novel Coronavirus , also known as the 2019-nCoVor nCoV, is one of them. Here at ALAN we’ve been monitoring the situation closely, […]
Feeling Decade-ent: Reflecting On The Last Ten Years Of ALAN
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I don’t know about you. But I’m a huge fan of January. I really enjoy the fresh start that each new calendar year brings. And I’m especially excited this year, because it’s a start of a new decade – and not just for the calendar. You see, it was ten years ago that […]
