Year: 2014

Packaging’s Morrilton, Arkansas mill, Allen Farley has built visibility for the Log A Load For Kids campaign throughout the River Valley region, working with print reporters, giving radio interviews, speaking to civic clubs, and reaching out to area businessmen. The chapter’s annual fundraising event attracts over 600 supporters and consistently raises over $100,000 annually to support Arkansas Children’s Hospital.Conferring the Award, Log A Load For Kids Foundation Chair, Rich Palermo, noted,

“Allen Farley is a humble man, and he’s the first to say that all credit for the River Valleyregion’s extraordinary work goes to the community and its volunteers. But he’s the instigator. His enthusiasm and the passion he has for Log A Load show in everything he does.”

Accepting the Award, Allen Farley stated, “When I was informed that I was chosen, I said, this is a great honor, but I’ll only accept this award on behalf of team Arkansas. It’s about natural resource professionals, loggers, mills, and many others.”

Speaking of Arkansas, Farley pointed out, “On the one hand, we’re forty-ninth in per-capita income, but we’re first or second in giving. We have big hearts. I challenge each and every one of you to do this in your states. I want you to come to Arkansas to see the big hearts. I challenge you each to set your heart on fire.”

He also thanked his employer, Green Bay Packaging, for sponsoring his attendance at the ceremony.

Log A Load For Kids is an annual campaign, which encourages loggers and others in the forest products community to donate the value of one load of logs, or any amount, to local Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. Log A Load For Kids is a national leader in CMN fundraising. For more information, or to donate funds to a CMN-affiliated hospital in your area, please visit www.logaload.org.

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Caption for photo: “Log A Load For Kids® Foundation Chair Rich Palermo (left) congratulates Log A Load 2014 Volunteer Champion Allen Farley.”

News Release from Arkansas Children’s Hospital – January 14, 2014

Log A Load For Kids of Arkansas, a group of volunteers from the timber and logging industry, recently donated $500,000 to Arkansas Children’s Hospital. The funds, raised through events held in communities throughout the state, will benefit the hospital’s new Emergency Department.
Log A Load, which is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® program, is sponsored by the Arkansas Forestry Association in cooperation with the Arkansas Timber Producers Association. The Log A Load program began in Arkansas in 1993, and since that time, has raised more than $6.75 million for ACH.

“Log A Load is truly a grassroots organization, drawing from all segments of the logging and forestry community and beyond,” said Marcy Doderer, FACHE, president and CEO of Arkansas Children’s Hospital. “Although the logging and forest products industry has gone through an extreme economic downturn in the last five years, Log A Load For Kids volunteers and donors continued to give generously and raise record amounts of money for ACH each year. We are so incredibly grateful.”

In 2008, the group pledged to support construction of the new Emergency Department (ED) in the ACH South Wing, which opened in 2012. The ED, which recorded 55,572 patient visits last year, is the only one in the state that provides comprehensive care for the sickest and most injured pediatric patients. The new ED was named in honor of Log A Load’s support.Content

My husband is an employee of Goodson All Terrain Logging, during the logging expo in Smithfield, NC our company was raising money for Log-A-Load for kids. My daughter who is less than two joined right in to help with the fundraising. I think this picture is adorable and a great example of how your never too young to make a difference!