{"id":11242,"date":"2023-02-01T01:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T01:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=11242"},"modified":"2023-01-26T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T11:25:04","slug":"alan-walmart-foundation-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/alan-walmart-foundation-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"ALAN Walmart Foundation Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As non-profits across the country struggle with inflationary pressures, one logistics non-profit organization is shoring up its efforts to help them make every disaster relief dollar count\u2014and to assist disaster survivors more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The American Logistics Aid Network recently launched an initiative to help the non-profit community build stronger disaster supply chain networks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project stands to make a true systemic impact on disaster relief efforts because it will enable us to reach non-profits all across the country, especially the small to medium-sized ones that don\u2019t have robust logistics programs in place,\u201d said ALAN executive director Kathy Fulton.<\/p>\n<p>Funded through a Walmart Foundation grant, the ALAN project will provide disaster focused non-profits with the opportunity to learn and apply a variety of best supply chain practices that have been gleaned from other humanitarian organizations as well as the commercial logistics community.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The project will create a stronger framework for more frequent logistics collaboration between non-profits and private businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAfter 18 years and more than 60 disaster responses, we know that healthy humanitarian logistics practices aren\u2019t just a game-changer, they\u2019re a life-changer, because they allow more relief to reach survivors more quickly and ultimately to multiply the good that they can do,\u201d said Fulton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re so excited about this grant. It will be a huge blessing to us\u2014and the non-profits it enables us to serve. We\u2019re incredibly grateful to the Walmart Foundation\u2014and immensely excited to begin work on this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8450\" style=\"width: 972px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-19-at-11.54.58.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-19-at-11.54.58.png 962w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-19-at-11.54.58-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-19-at-11.54.58-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-19-at-11.54.58-440x247.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-19-at-11.54.58-650x365.png 650w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-19-at-11.54.58-579x325.png 579w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-2020-10-19-at-11.54.58-677x380.png 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ALAN is an industry-wide organization that exists to provide supply chain assistance to disaster relief organizations (and other non-profits).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSupporting vulnerable communities and getting aid to people after disasters requires close collaboration between businesses, non-profits, and government. This investment in ALAN will improve the coordination and efficacy to help donations and supplies reach those most in need during times of crisis,\u201d said Brooks Nelson, senior manager, disaster preparedness and response at the Walmart Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As non-profits across the country struggle with inflationary pressures, one logistics non-profit organization is shoring up its efforts to help them make every disaster relief dollar count\u2014and to assist disaster survivors more quickly. 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