Pacer International to Deliver Houses for Hurricane Victims Through Habitat for Humanity's ''Operation Home Delivery''HOMES IN A
February 06 2006 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, California, which is
pre-building (framing) homes in California for use by hurricane
victims in the Gulf region, said Pacer International, Inc.
(Nasdaq:PACR), the North America logistics and freight
transportation provider, has agreed to provide delivery of as many
as 15 to 18 pre-built housing units for displaced families. The
donation to Habitat's "Operation Home Delivery" program, valued at
more than $18,000, will facilitate the efficient and on-time
delivery of homes for final assembly and construction both in
Dallas, where many refugees will settle permanently, and also in
Louisiana. "This donation of logistics and transportation services
from Pacer allows us to invest in more lumber to build additional
homes," said Charlie Walker, director of Operation Home Delivery
for Habitat in Orange County. "Our goal is to aid and assist the
victims of the hurricanes to rebuild their lives and communities
through decent, affordable housing." Door-to-door Service Offered
"Although Habitat is a very special customer, and the shipments
themselves may be a bit unusual, our commitment -- as with any
customer -- will be to move the freight on a customized, reliable
basis to precisely where it is needed," said Peter Mettra,
executive vice president for Marketing & Transportation
Purchasing at Pacer Stacktrain, a division of Pacer that provides
intermodal equipment and arranges intermodal rail transportation.
"In this case, we'll be picking up and containerizing framed houses
from a Southern California sports stadium, where volunteers are
building them; and some of the houses will be delivered directly to
actual building sites in the Gulf Region. In the truest sense,
these will be 'door-to-door' deliveries." Pacer expects to
accommodate three framed houses in a single 53-foot shipping
container, and shipments to Dallas or Louisiana will be staggered
to conform to the availability of the houses -- which are being
built in California locations by Habitat's volunteers. Mettra added
that multiple Pacer operating units will combine strengths to meet
the needs of the humanitarian project, just as they do to develop
end-to-end logistical solutions for commercial customers. He said
Pacer Global Logistics, the company's logistics arm, is providing
the planning and management; Pacer Stacktrain is providing the
containers and the long-haul rail transportation; and Pacer
Cartage, the local trucking unit, is providing the door-step
pickups and deliveries at both ends. Gift Inspired by Employee
Generosity Mettra noted that the company's decision to participate
in the Habitat program was largely inspired by the generosity of
Pacer International's employees, who last year, together with the
company, contributed more than $68,000 to the Red Cross for
hurricane relief. "Habitat's home-building program represents an
innovative and truly humanitarian approach to the next phase of
rebuilding the lives of those whose homes were destroyed, and it is
rewarding to see how the donated corporate services of a single
company can make a real difference." He added that Pacer employees
will be given opportunities to volunteer to help build the housing
frames or prepare them for shipment. "Through the kindness of
organizations like Pacer International, we are on the road to
changing the lives of many families who have been affected," stated
Habitat's Charlie Walker. About Habitat for Humanity of Orange
County Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is dedicated to ending
substandard housing and building strong communities in Orange
County. Habitat uses non-government donations of funding,
materials, professional services and volunteer labor to build
simple, decent homes which are sold to qualified very low-income
families for a 1% down payment and a zero-interest mortgage.
Mortgage payments are recycled to build more Habitat homes. Habitat
families contribute 500 hours of "sweat equity" to the program by
building their own home, helping another Habitat family build a
home, or working in some other area of the Habitat organization.
Habitat for Humanity families and volunteers have built 112 homes
in Orange County since 1988, and are currently building seven homes
in Cypress. Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is an affiliate
of Habitat for Humanity International. For more information about
how you can help local families build affordable housing in Orange
County, please call 714-434-6200 or visit our Web site at
http://habitatoc.org. About Habitat for Humanity's Operation Home
Delivery Operation Home Delivery is a three-phase response to help
provide assistance for families and rebuilding opportunities in New
Orleans and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the
recent hurricanes. Some homes are "pre-built" locally and shipped
to the impacted areas in containers as part of the "Home in a Box"
program. Other homes will be built on site from the ground up with
trips organized for volunteers to travel to the regions affected to
facilitate the construction of new homes for families impacted by
the hurricane disasters. For more information about Operation Home
Delivery, please contact Charlie Walker at
Katrina.relief@habitatoc.org or call 714-434-6200 extension 215.
About Habitat for Humanity International Habitat for Humanity
International, based in Americus, GA., is an ecumenical Christian
ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the
cause of eliminating poverty housing throughout the world. Since
1976, Habitat has built more than 200,000 houses in nearly 100
countries, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for one
million people. About Pacer International Pacer International, a
leading non-asset based North America third-party logistics and
freight transportation provider, through its subsidiaries and
divisions, offers a broad array of logistics and other services to
facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination. Its
services include wholesale stacktrain (cost-efficient, two-tiered
rail transportation for containerized shipments) and cartage (local
trucking) services; and retail intermodal marketing, truck
brokerage, trucking, warehousing and distribution, international
freight forwarding, and supply-chain management services. Pacer
International is headquartered in Concord, California. Its business
units Pacer Stacktrain and Pacer Global Logistics are headquartered
in Concord, California, and in Dublin, Ohio, respectively. Web
site: www.pacer-international.com.
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