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Congratulations Overton Brooks VAMC for Winning Three Green Globe Awards!

February 3rd, 2010 0 Comments

By Alice Lee-Cook
Business Development Executive, Western USA

The Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC) is located in the northwestern corner of the state of Louisiana in Shreveport. It is a rural area with light traffic where commuting to work takes no more than 15-20 minutes. When OBVAMC launched the vanpool program in late 2009, one group readily joined the program to enjoy their free ride to work. As Chris Moore, the Driver/Coordinator of VPSI’s first vanpool at OBVAMC observed, “It is the best kept secret here and employees are slowly learning about it. We simply love it!” Currently, a couple new groups are in the works.

OBVAMC recently won three Green Globe Awards from the Green Building Initiative. To find out more visit here.

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Vanpooling is good for bugs too.

October 15th, 2009 1 Comment

The following post was written by vanpooler Michael Aucoin from Metairie, Louisiana. It was originally submitted to our iPhone contest, but it was so enjoyable that we had to share it with our readers.

Our Chevron vanpool saved thousands of lives today. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the world’s longest bridge. We make the 24 mile commute across the bridge everyday. There are four seasons on Lake Pontchatrain: Monsoon Season, Fog Season, Wind Season and Bug Season. We are in the middle of Bug Season.

Today, during our commute across the world’s longest bridge, we encountered a bug storm. Hundreds of thousands of bugs lost their lives trying to delay our commute. However, many more would have died if the eleven van passengers would have each taken their own vehicles. We save millions of lives during Bug Season by vanpooling. Our riders save tolls, gas and a daily car wash fee.

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