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12/12/2023
J.B. Hunt Transport Providers Inc., a provide chain options, continued its participation in Wreaths Throughout America for the tenth consecutive yr this week, serving to make sure the supply of greater than 355,000 wreaths for the annual occasion remembering fallen veterans throughout the vacation season.
This yr, 72 J.B. Hunt drivers will assist transport 52 a great deal of wreaths to their remaining vacation spot at veteran cemeteries all through the nation. On December 16, J.B. Hunt volunteers will be part of hundreds throughout the nation to assist lay wreaths on the headstones of fallen veterans for Wreaths Throughout America Day. The corporate will maintain a rally December 15 at company headquarters for workers to have fun its tenth yr of help and replicate on the group’s mission to recollect, honor and train.
“At J.B. Hunt, supporting our veterans has a far deeper which means, tying in with our tradition and legacy,” mentioned Brad Hicks, president of freeway providers and government vice chairman of individuals at J.B. Hunt. “After we’re in a position to do one thing for any person that has made that final sacrifice to place themselves on the road to battle for our freedoms, it deserves our utmost respect, and we’re honored to take part on this occasion for the tenth-consecutive yr memorializing our fallen veterans.”
This yr’s complete is the most important quantity of wreaths J.B. Hunt has delivered for Wreaths Throughout America because it started working with the group in 2014. It features a report variety of intermodal hundreds because of continued collaboration with rail suppliers BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern. J.B. Hunt custom-wrapped 12 new firm tractors and 4 trailers to commemorate this yr’s participation.
Altogether, J.B. Hunt will assist ship wreaths to a number of cemeteries nationwide, together with Abraham Lincoln Nationwide Cemetery, Dallas-Fort Price Nationwide Cemetery, Dayton Nationwide Cemetery, Fayetteville Nationwide Cemetery, Fort Rosecrans Nationwide Cemetery, Georgia Nationwide Cemetery, Lexington Nationwide Cemetery, Marietta Nationwide Cemetery, Nationwide Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Riverside Nationwide Cemetery, Salisbury Nationwide Cemetery, San Joquin Valley Nationwide Cemetery, and Tahoma Nationwide Cemetery, amongst others.
Being part of the Wreaths Throughout America convoy is taken into account an honor by J.B. Hunt drivers. Greater than 425 firm drivers have participated in this system since 2014, serving to make sure the supply of almost a million wreaths. All J.B. Hunt drivers for Wreaths Throughout America are veterans or have a direct affiliation with a veteran.
J.B. Hunt’s dedication to supporting veterans consists of programming that meets their skilled wants in addition to those that are transitioning to civilian life. The corporate offers a number of providers and assets reminiscent of deployment and re-entry guides, navy depart and differential pay insurance policies and company-wide Memorial Day and Veterans Day observances. J.B. Hunt additionally hosts an worker useful resource group that’s devoted to empowering and interesting workers to help the skilled and private success of veterans.
The 2023 nationwide theme for the Wreaths Throughout America marketing campaign is “Serve and Succeed.” In 2022, greater than 2.7 million wreaths had been positioned on veteran headstones at greater than 3,700 collaborating areas throughout Wreaths Throughout America Day.
About J.B. Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Providers Inc. is on a mission to create essentially the most environment friendly transportation community in North America. The corporate’s industry-leading options and mode-neutral method generate worth for purchasers by eliminating waste, lowering prices and enhancing provide chain visibility. Powered by one of many largest company-owned fleets within the nation with greater than 163,000 items of trailing gear and almost a million accessible vans by its J.B. Hunt 360°® digital freight market, J.B. Hunt can meet the distinctive transport wants of any enterprise, from first mile to remaining supply, and each cargo in-between. By disciplined investments in its folks, expertise and capability, J.B. Hunt is delivering distinctive worth and repair that allow long-term progress for the corporate and its stakeholders.
J.B. Hunt Transport Providers Inc. is a Fortune 500 firm, an S&P 500 firm and a element of the Dow Jones Transportation Common. Its inventory trades on NASDAQ beneath the ticker image JBHT. J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. is a completely owned subsidiary of JBHT. The corporate’s providers embody intermodal, devoted, refrigerated, truckload, less-than-truckload, flatbed, single supply, final mile, transload and extra. For extra data, go to www.jbhunt.com.