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Good deeds of the month

Here's our monthly roundup of community service projects and donations by companies in logistics, transportation, and material handling.

  • Toto is donating bathroom fixtures to help more than 2,000 families in Oklahoma rebuild their houses after they were damaged or destroyed by tornadoes in May. RoadOne IntermodaLogistics is providing logistics support for the 900-mile shipment from Toto's facilities in Fairburn, Ga.
  • Idle Smart will donate a percentage of each sale of its idle-reduction solution to Hope for the Warriors, which assists service members who have sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty as well as military families.
  • Jervis B. Webb Co. hosted a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League scrimmage and demonstration at its facility in Wixom, Mich. Two teams, both coached by Jervis B. Webb Co. employees, participated in the scrimmage.
  • The American Society of Transportation and Logistics (ASTL) presented the 2013 L.L. Waters Scholarship to Chelsea Miller, a senior at Penn State University. Miller is majoring in supply chain management and holds leadership positions in Penn State's APICS and CSCMP chapters.
  • OnTrac is teaming up with Phoenix-area radio station KNIX to host the Million Can Crusade. The initiative hopes to collect 1 million cans of nonperishable food for St. Vincent de Paul to help Arizona's hungry families during the holiday season.
  • Clark Material Handling Co. dealers ordered 42 special pink "Raising Hope" four-wheel pneumatic forklifts and made donations to support this year's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure event in Lexington, Ky.
  • The South Carolina Ports Authority has awarded $30,000 to nonprofits and the Charleston County School District as part of its annual Community Giving program. This year's winners are engaged in projects to protect Lowcountry habitats, engage at-risk students, and support the arts in Charleston, S.C.

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