The Log Book: J.B. Hunt’s $1M endowment supports cancer research

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: J.B. Hunt is inducted into the philanthropic society of a Texas cancer center, NFI helps Girl Scouts earn their transportation badge and Werner continues to wear red to support a military nonprofit.

J.B. Hunt $1M endowment to support cancer research

Supply chain solutions provider J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Thursday it has been inducted into the Anderson Assembly, a...

Women In Trucking empowers Girl Scouts with Transportation Badge

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has a mission to encourage female employment, address obstacles for women in the industry and celebrate their successes. Since 2014, the group has found an extraordinary way to relay this message by empowering G.I.R.L.: go-getting, innovating, risk-taking, leaders better known as the Girl Scouts of America. WIT’s partnership with Girl Scouts enables local transportation and logistics companies, and troops to plan a “Trucks Are For Girls” event with the...

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Ryder System creates supply chain merit patch for Girl Scouts

Kitty Dumas wasn’t a Girl Scout growing up, though she would have liked to be. The manager of the Ryder System Inc. (NYSE: R) Charitable Foundation came up with the idea to link the signature Girl Scout Cookie Sale with the massive supply chain effort it entails.

Girl Scouts sell and distribute more than 200 million boxes of cookies nationwide, and 1 billion worldwide annually. In South Florida, the Girls Scouts of Tropical Florida (GSTF) accounts for more than 400,000 boxes of cookies each year.

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