Dry vans made an impact with the Haiti victims devastated by the January 2010 earthquake. During the week of January 22, 2010, kind donations were made. On January 19, a 53-foot dry van with PolartecR fabric inside was delivered to Miami thanks to that company as well as help from the warehouse company NFI. Goodwill was the company that accepted the delivery and they had plans for the fabric.
A trucking company was very excited about the assistance of providing the high performance PolartecR fabric and provided the company with a truck and driver. Goodwill will use the fabric to create lightweight blankets that will then be shipped to Haiti to help victims of the earthquake stay warm.
The trucking company was honored to work along side PolartecR to get the fabric to Miami so it could then be delivered to Goodwill. Peter Sobha, director of global credit, collections and logistics for Polartec.R stated he “was looking for a company to partner with us to move our donated fabric.” The company chosen to collaborate with PolartecR owns more than 10,000 tractors and trailers and has 18 million square feet of warehouse space.
The most important part of this story is the kind gesture of companies working together in an effort to help those in need in Haiti with the comfort and warmth of a lightweight blanket. Goodwill creating the blankets, PolartecR providing the fabric, and the trucking company for getting it to Miami in the hands of Goodwill, are the ones to thank.
Nothing has been released about the length of time it will take to create the blankets or what companies may be in charge of shipping the blankets to Haiti and in the hands of the needy.
Source:
http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/201…liefeffort.aspx
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