This is a guest post by Lauren McClain On Saturday, people all over the country will join together to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. Why Saturday? The date is March 21st, or 3/21. The date represents the number of 21st chromosomes people with Down Syndrome have. ...
The holidays sure flew by, didn't they! Hard to believe we've already begun a new decade. Here at AMT, we decided to start off the new year by introducing you to John (Moose) McKinney. John's been with AM Transport for 23 years, so he's a...
Big news--181 CEOs of the largest corporations in the US just signed a new statement of corporate purpose, turning the old model of shareholder primacy on its head. For years, corporations have operated under Milton Friedman’s idea that “there is only one social responsibility of...
Have you ever taken a 500 mile bike ride? Most of us haven't, but Rob McClain has--twice. This summer, Rob joined the nearly 8,500 riders for his second bike ride through Iowa. RAGBRAI (the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) which started with about...
"Here's how to guarantee you have a good day: do good things." ~The Daily Stoic Last July, John “Moose” McKinney began spending half his work day volunteering for the Katharina and Minnie Weber Long Term Care Unit at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital. It was bound to...
In the United States, May is National Bike Month, with Bike-to-Work day taking place on the third Friday. This year the national event took place on May 17th, a fine, sunny spring Friday in southern Illinois, and that’s when the AMT crew put on their...
Last week, Dave Marquart, who began at AM Transport a whopping 26 years ago, retired. When Dave began his long tenure at AMT, we had three desks in an old cabin on Vernor Lake in Olney, Illinois. Since then we’ve moved into different locations and...
Tell me with whom you consort and I will tell you who you are; if I know how you spend your time, then I know what might become of you. ~ Goethe You know how some sayings just keep reverberating in your life? The above quote...
Jesse Baker and Chad Martin are great friends. When they’re not working together here at AM Transport, they’re usually up to something fun, like spending the weekend at the Kentucky Derby or taking a spur-of-the-moment trip to Nashville. But lately the majority of their weekends and...
Who doesn’t love a good book? New hardcover books with stiff spines and crisp pages. Big art books with glossy photos of far-away places. Ancient books with yellowed, dog-eared pages and penciled-in notes. Mini-classics you can hold in the palm of your hand. There’s nothing...
