La Cañada Flintridge, CA, April 2, 2026: The Allen Lund Company is pleased to share that Nora Trueblood, Director of Marketing and Communications, has been selected as a recipient of the Catholic Charities San Gabriel Region’s 2026 Spirit of Caring Award for her work with Navidad en el Barrio and the Acts of Kindness program at ALC.
The Spirit of Caring Award honors individuals and organizations that directly impact people and their communities.
Navidad en el Barrio was established in 1972 with the mission of providing a healthy Christmas dinner to thousands of families in Southern California. For 22 years, ALC has supported the organization’s annual event, with Nora facilitating the company’s involvement by sourcing food items, working with offices to donate loads, and coordinating employee volunteers.
Nora Trueblood, Director of Marketing and Communications, stated, “I am truly humbled and honored to be acknowledged by Catholic Charities. Navidad en el Barrio is part of my dad’s legacy, having been with them since the early 1980’s. To see companies like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Wada Farms, Grimmway Farms, and a laundry list of very generous donors contribute year in and year out is amazing. Even more amazing is seeing families receive their Christmas groceries after waiting in lines, sometimes for hours. It fills me with gratitude and anguish at the same time.
I have been blessed to be part of Navidad en el Barrio before coming to the Allen Lund Company, and to see a corporate buy-in like ALC has truly shown what a company and its employees can do when determined.”
Nora has also focused the Allen Lund Company’s philanthropy efforts, helping to launch the company’s Acts of Kindness program in 2016. This initiative encourages offices and employees to give back and has enabled employees to take part in charitable causes in their local communities. In 2025, ALC completed 67 Acts of Kindness.
Kenny Lund, Executive Vice President, shared, “Nora has done so much for the community over the years. We are so proud of her work and the happy attitude she brings to teams doing the work. Her organizational skills have helped Navidad en el Barrio bring food to countless families. She was instrumental in launching the Acts of Kindness program at Allen Lund Company. That effort continues, having served hundreds of community projects and fostering a dramatic, positive cultural change at ALC. This award recognizes her many decades of service.”
A charity event to honor Spirit of Caring awardees will be hosted by the Catholic Charities San Gabriel Region chapter on May 13, 2026.
About Allen Lund Company
Specializing as a national third-party transportation broker with offices across North America and over 800 employees, the Allen Lund Company works with shippers and carriers nationwide to arrange dry, refrigerated (specializing in produce), and flatbed freight. ALC manages 640,000 loads a year and was designated by Transport Topics in 2025 as the 14th Top Freight Brokerage Firm. The Allen Lund Company has a logistics and software division, ALC Logistics, ranked 47th in the Transport Topics 2025 list of Top 100 Logistics Companies and an International Division licensed by the FMC as an OTI-NVOCC #019872NF. Please click here if you want to join the Allen Lund Company team.
Established in 1976, the Allen Lund Company was named a 2025 Top 100 3PL Provider by Inbound Logistics. In 2024, Food Logistics’ Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers list. In 2023, ALC was included in Transport Topics’ Top Freight Brokerage Firms and Top 100 Logistics Companies lists. Other awards in 2023 include recognition as a Top Food Chain Provider by Food Shippers of America for the second year in a row and a designation as a Top Food Chain Technology Provider. Armstrong & Associates, Inc. placed ALC on their Top 50 U.S. 3PL List and Top 100 DTM 3PL List. In 2022, ALC was named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies, received a Top Software and Technology award from Food Logistics, a Bronze EcoVadis Sustainability rating, and a Bestie Award for Best Philanthropic Initiatives. The Los Angeles Business Journal named ALC one of the best places to work in Los Angeles for 2021. ALC has also received the TIA 3PL Samaritan Award and NASTC (National Association of Small Trucking Companies) named Allen Lund Company Best Broker of the Year. More information is available at allenlund.com
About ALC Logistics
Launched as a division of the Allen Lund Company in 1994, ALC Logistics develops state-of-the-art transportation, supply chain, and logistics-related software that help shippers gain control, increase visibility, improve security, and streamline operations. ALC Logistics’ award-winning AlchemyTMS software solutions are used by growers, manufacturers, producers, distributors, retailers, and other shippers & receivers across North America, helping them make better business decisions by streamlining their business operations, improving the productivity of their personnel, and increasing the visibility of their related costs.