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Talladega business donates mini-bus to the Home

New South Express (NSE), a parts provider for Honda with offices in Talladega County donated a mini-bus to the Presbyterian Home for Children in October.

NSE delivered the bus to campus – packed with supplies and goodies – on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The bus is the largest transportation vehicle the Home has owned and will be used by staff to transport the children and moms who live on campus as part of our growing Secure Dwellings program to many necessary appointments for healthcare, education, work and more. The Home will also use the bus to take students attending our accredited private school, Ascension Leadership Academy, on field trips where they can learn in new environments.

“Transportation is one of the most challenging obstacles for many moms who come to the Home for help in our Secure Dwellings program with their children,” Marshall said. “Now we will have a way to get these families to destinations that were once out of reach and – through this bus – continue to enhance their lives while they heal in our care.”

New South Express is a Logistics and Consolidation Center that transports and warehouses parts for Alabama Auto Plant (Honda). Founded in 2000, it has a location in Talladega and Lincoln, Alabama, and more than 1,400 employees.

The company brought guests to the bus delivery ceremony in front of Weatherly Hall to celebrate with our staff and children from Ascension Leadership Academy. They brought their executive team that includes President Rui Mitsuta, Vice President John Gale and Senior Managers Chris Cash and Braulio Carvalho. Their human resources department leaders who came were Jeremy Murphy, Kaitlyn Hawkins and Ashley Waters. And they brought warehouse associates Rhonda Morris, Jonathan Buckhannan and Nick Reynolds. Their bus driver was Kelsey Ramirez in the transportation department and Anita Cunningham from accounting came too.

PHFC CEO Doug Marshall accepted the keys to the mini-bus and expressed the Home’s gratitude to the New South Express team for the generous donation.

“Donations like this help our team meet the pressing need of so many of our moms who need help getting to work, to the grocery store, to drop the kids at school and make it to doctor appointments – many activities those with vehicles may take for granted,” Marshall said. “We are so grateful for this thoughtful donation.”

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