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BNSF Railway Wishes You and Your Family
Happy Holidays and All The Best for 2009!
HOLIDAY CHEER ROLLS THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
BNSF Railway kicked off the holiday season on December 4th with the 18th Annual Santa Claus Express holiday train. Over five days, trips departed from Commerce, Wilmington, San Bernardino, Duarte and Victorville with more than 1,000 deserving children on board.
Children were selected for the free rides by the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, Starlight Foundation, Scottish Rite, YWCA of Wilmington, Harbor Interfaith of San Pedro, Comprehensive Child Development Center, Mexican American Opportunity Foundation and the City of Hope Hospital, among other organizations. BNSF employee volunteers hosted the children and served as “Santa’s helpers” during each of the trips.
The children sang carols and enjoyed refreshments and entertainment. To the children’s delight, Santa and Mrs. Claus not only asked all of the children what they wanted for Christmas, but also gave them a gift bag with a BNSF teddy bear.
Chuck Potempa, general manager, Los Angeles Division noted, “Through the Santa Claus Express, which brings joy to deserving children, our local employees demonstrate BNSF’s commitment to giving back to the communities we serve.”
The BNSF holiday train was featured in the Daily Breeze and Long Beach Press-Telegram.
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BNSF WELCOMES RESIDENTS, BUSINESS AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ABOARD VINTAGE RAIL CARS
In mid-November, BNSF Railway continued its ongoing support of community and business organizations by hosting 11 events over five days for more than 600 people aboard its beautifully preserved vintage rail cars. Non-profits holding lunch or dinner events included the Wilmington Rotary, YWCA, Harbor Interfaith Center, Catholic Charities, the Boys & Girls Club, International City Theater, and Comprehensive Child Development in Long Beach.
“Our dinner on board the BNSF rail cars was a wonderful experience for all of our members and supporters,”
said Silissa Uriarte Smith, Executive Director of the YWCA of the Harbor Area and South Bay, “we truly appreciate BNSF’s support of organizations like ours.”
The Wilmington Rotary, the Wilmington Chamber, the boards of seven local chambers of commerce, Future Ports and the Foreign Trade Association also held events for their supporters.
In addition, BNSF hosted a lunch for Long Beach residents to thank them for their support of the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) project.
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