ATLANTA, GA – LogistiCare, the nation’s largest non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) broker, today announced it secured and donated a record-setting amount of food during its ninth Annual Food Drive. In total, the company donated more than 52,000 items, surpassing its previous record of 42,000 food products collected and distributed in 2017.
The food drive is a testament to LogistiCare’s mission of giving to those in need across the country. Food donations are provided to local churches, rescue missions, soup kitchens, and shelters for women and the homeless.
“This year, we are thrilled to receive close to 400 pounds of food from LogistiCare,” said Tricia Passuth, director of community ministries at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. “Our organization serves a very vulnerable population in the community, and with a donation of this size, we are able to feed 20 families. The continued support of LogistiCare is valued and appreciated during this season of giving.”
In the past five years, employees of the Atlanta-based company have donated more than 179,000 food items at 22 operations centers across the country. For the second year in a row, the company’s team in Norton, Virginia led the way, collecting more than 12,000 items. They were followed by the Philadelphia and Michigan operations centers.
Additional locations, such as the Maine operations office, opted to collect other necessary items, including winter coats for homeless veterans.