Every time you see a loaded log truck on the highways, you’re seeing another donation to support children’s hospitals.
The Log-A-Load For Kids campaign, started in 1988 by the South Carolina Forestry Association in cooperation with the Children’s Miracle Network, has since spread to over 30 other states, raising millions of dollars to aid children’s hospitals.
At the recent Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show at Starkville, Miss., Stacy Benefield and Celia Holloman, Mississippi Loggers Association, were selling T-shirts, caps, and other items to support the charity.
Since 1994, the Mississippi Loggers Association has been a benefactor of the Children’s Hospital Network, through the Log-A-Load for Kids program that includes equipment auctions and other fund-raising activities.
“We’re really proud of the contributions our members have made to this worthwhile cause,” Benefield said. From 1994 through 2011, the Blair Batson Center for Children at the University Medical Center, Jackson, Miss., had received $912,814 from the program.
From The Delta Farm Press: https://deltafarmpress.com/miscellaneous/loggers-raise-millions-children-s-hospitals