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COMMUNITY WELL-BEING

East Division presents a check to Samaritan’s Purse

In the aftermath of Hurricane Milton in Florida, Martin Marietta’s Tampa Yard supplied aggregates to aid in restoration
efforts for local businesses. After the storm hit Florida’s West Coast, Joe Valdez, territory manager with T. Disney Trucking
and Grading, Inc., and his team were looking for supplies as quickly as possible. Valdez knew he needed a reliable source
to ensure quality, readily available aggregate in this time of crisis, so he called Jim Dombroski, area sales manager for
Martin Marietta’s Central Florida Terminals.
“Jim answered my call right away on the weekend after the storm; he always answers,” Valdez said. After both checked
with Jimmie Watson Jr., the sales yard manager for Martin Marietta’s West Florida Yards, the team opened on a Sunday
morning, the day after the storm cleared out. “What stood out, along with his quick response, was the willingness of
Martin Marietta’s employees to work on their day off to assist the relief efforts,” Valdez said.

And the opportunity to help was a powerful feeling for all. “It’s a great feeling to work for an organization like Martin
Marietta, which is willing to extend itself in these types of circumstances for the benefit of the community,” Dombroski
said. “Getting lives back to as normal as possible is the paramount concern after a storm event, and to know our ONE
team aided in that effort is beyond gratifying.”
Watson said he and the team were happy to support the communities’ restoration efforts as best they could by staying
open for business. Using a generator to run the scale house and print tickets, the team was able to load 75 trucks for a
total of 4,500 tons of material. “It is a pleasure to be part of helping the community when it is in need,” Watson said.
“Being with a company that has the resources to be able to help means so much to all of us.”

In Martin Marietta’s Southwest Division, Area Manager Jeri Evans says teams collected pallets of various Hurricane Milton
relief items from Tyler, Texas, to send to their neighboring states. “We shipped seven pallets of supplies, including four
generators, five chainsaws, extension cords, brooms, mops, coolers, paper towels, toilet paper, gas cans, trash liners,
5-gallon buckets, flashlights, floor squeegees and phone chargers,” Evans said. “We are happy to contribute to the relief
efforts, and we thought there was no better way than to band together to send support to our teammates.”

Pallets of Supplies ready to go in our Southwest Operations

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