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How Whitney is Giving Back and Making an Impact

It was a memorable year of uplifting our community with our Whitney Gives Back program. Whitney Gives Back is our way of making an impact by volunteering in and around the Tampa Bay community.
For 2022, our company-wide goal was 2,500 hours and our team members went above and beyond with the final hours count of 2,612 hours spent helping our community. Here are some highlights of the impact in 2022.

Our team volunteered at many Tampa Bay organizations including:

Meals on Wheels
Feeding Tampa Bay
Metropolitan Ministries
Habitat for Humanity
and our beloved Tampa Pig Jig benefitting NephCure Kidney International

Here at Whitney, we love some friendly competition, so we tallied our top volunteers from 2022.

Kyle Gumina – 111 hours
Yara Santana – 110 hours
Tom MacDonald – 90 hours
Jason Hilley – Best Group Effort – 557 hours

A new year means new goals and we decided to go even bigger this year. Our 2023 goal is to volunteer 3,500 hours! To keep up with our volunteering efforts, follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Chris Whitney Recognized with Top Honor for Industry & Community Leadership

Around the Tampa Bay region, over 500 of Tampa Bay’s top professionals were nominated to be one of Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 nominees for 2022. With Chris’s impact, not only on this industry but within the Tampa Bay community, there is no doubt why he was selected as a recipient of this prestigious award.

Leading by Example & Transforming an Industry

Under Chris’s leadership, Whitney Logistics, which started as a four-person Tampa-based company, has now doubled our team to over 50 employees and continues to grow. His ability to lead and rally top talent around a similar mission has been critical to our year-over-year success.

Chris’ blend of entrepreneurial spirit and solutions-based mentality also contributes to the elevation of our entire industry. He is introducing technological and systems advancements that are finally taking bulk hauling off its legacy paper-driven process and into an era of more efficiency.

Philanthropic Leadership in Tampa Bay, and Beyond

In addition to Chris’s business success, he has been an incredible philanthropic leader for the Tampa Bay region. Whitney helped organize, fundraise for, and co-lead Tampa’s Pig Jig after his friend was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease. This event has grown from a backyard BBQ to a staple community event, attracting 12,000 people and raising over $5M for NephCure.

Chris instills this community stewardship in his team and encourages them to use work hours to give back. Last year, the Whitney Logistics team logged more than 1,000 hours to nonprofits including Habitat for Humanity, Feeding Tampa Bay, Meals on Wheels of Tampa Bay, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Metropolitan Ministries, and more. Additionally, Whitney Logistics is on track to exceed its 2022 goal of 2,500 hours served.

We are honored to share this news with all our partners and our community. Join us in congratulating Chris Whitney on this top honor!

Our First Take Your Kids to Work Day!

No one loves a truck like a kid - especially like a Whitney kid!

In late April, Whitney Logistics opened its doors to 30 kids of our employees, ages one to eleven for its first annual “Take Your Kids to Work Day.”

“We are energized by the work we do and those we do it with,” said Founder and CEO, Chris Whitney. “Our goal for Take Our Kids to Work Day, was to provide a truly memorable experience for our families while giving them the opportunity to learn more about their parent’s unique role and team, how they contribute each day and who we are, what we do and how we do it here at Whitney as we all work as one team to accomplish our mission of changing the industry and positively impacting our communities. We wanted our kids to feel connected to the company while having fun and “living” in their parent’s shoes for a day.”

As the children showed up with their parents, the excitement and energy was felt throughout the entire office. The first order of business was morning donuts with Chris, along with his wife Jamie and their two children, Hazel and Sam. They took some time to welcome the kids, talk about the company and pass out some cool Whitney hats!

The most anticipated and talked about part of the day was a surprise visit from “Big Orange,” a beautiful Whitney-orange dump truck owned by our very own, Luis Cruz. The kids lined up and took turns sitting in the truck, honking the horn, and learning about safety around the truck.

The kids were then sent on a scavenger hunt where they were able to learn about the various departments that keep Whitney running. From the Accounting team explaining what they do in such a great and simple way, “we tell a story with numbers” to our Operations Manager, Will giving the entertaining visual of a loaded dump truck being the equivalent of 7 elephants, there was lots of fun and learning to be had!

After the kids hauled in all of their treats and goodies, we celebrated with a pizza party, a dance party with DJ Dump Trucks and ended the day with a Kona Shaved Ice Truck.

From beginning to end it was a truly special event. Watching parents, co-workers and their kids all interact together made it a truly special event and really showcased the collaborative, fun and family-first culture we have at Whitney.