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Category: Charitable Corner

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Member needs our help with son’s medical bills

February 6, 2018   SMART Transportation Division Local 278 member Kyle Jones and his wife Samantha received devastating news Jan. 14, when their seven-year-old son Ayden was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APML). This is an extremely rare cancer for someone as young as Ayden [...]
  • Tags APML, Ayden Jones, cancer, GoFundMe, Kyle Jones, Local 278, Samantha Jones

Fundraiser set up for men killed in Amtrak 91 collision

February 6, 2018 A memorial fund for Amtrak conductor Mike Cella, a current SMART Transportation Division member out of Local 30 in Florida, and engineer Mike Kempf, a former SMART TD member, who were tragically killed in the line of duty on Sunday, Feb. 4, has been established. Proceeds from [...]
  • Tags Amtrak 91, Michael Cella, on duty death, rail workers deaths, SMART TD Member fundraiser
At left, Wyatt Kelly, president of Local 1117; Jason Doering, Nevada State Legislative Director, second from left; and Vince Ybarra, Local 1117 chairman, right, visit Shane Leach in the hospital in November.

Future member recovering after UTV accident

November 29, 2017 A ride on a UTV in September nearly turned fatal for Shane Leach when he severed an artery in his arm and nearly bled to death in the desert. While out with a friend, Leach’s vehicle tipped on a turn. It rolled onto his arm, pinning it between the UTV and the ground. About a [...]
  • Tags Las Vegas, Local 1117, SMART TD Member fundraiser, Union Pacific

Update: Condition of member who suffered domestic attack

October 26, 2017 Amtrak conductor and Local 1933 member Amanda “Mandie” Brillhart has been in the hospital more than a month and continues to undergo surgeries after Florence, S.C., sheriff’s deputies said her husband, Charles Durell Nethercutt, poured gasoline on her and set her on fire in t [...]
  • Tags Amanda Brillhart, Amtrak, Amtrak conductor, Local 1933

SMART TD member in ICU after domestic violence attack

September 28, 2017 Amtrak Conductor and Local 1933 member Amanda Brillhart is in critical condition after her husband, Charles Nethercutt, poured gasoline on her and set her on fire Sept. 19. Brillhart, 27, has a one-year-old son. As a result of the attack, she has undergone extensive surgeries [...]
  • Tags Amanda Brillhart, Amtrak, Amtrak conductor, Domestic Violence, Local 1933

Member Disaster Relief Needs Increase!

September 13, 2017 Updated: September 13, 2017 Dear Members of the SMART Transportation Division: The catastrophic storm damage and flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey and Irma have devastated Texas and Florida with loss of life and immeasurable destruction of property. Some of those affect [...]
  • Tags disaster relief, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma

UTUIA donates $5k to Hurricane Harvey relief

September 1, 2017 The United Transportation Insurance Association (UTUIA), in a show of fraternal solidarity and generosity, has donated $5,000.00 to the UTU Disaster Relief Fund to be used for SMART TD members who have been negatively impacted by Hurricane Harvey. “Many Brothers and Sis [...]
  • Tags donations, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Harvey Relief, John Previsich, Ken Laugel, SMART TD Disaster Relief Fund, UTUIA

Our SMART TD Brothers and Sisters in Texas need your help!

August 30, 2017 Dear Members of the SMART Transportation Division: The catastrophic flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey have devastated Houston and its surrounding communities with loss of life and immeasurable destruction of property. Some of those affected by the devastation are our Br [...]
  • Tags emergency response, Hurricane Harvey, UTU Disaster Relief Fund

Fundraiser set up for granddaughter of SMART TD member

August 22, 2017 A fundraiser for the newborn granddaughter of Scott Finley, SMART TD member and BNSF conductor with local 113, Winslow Ariz., was recently set up on YouCaring.com. Brenna Finley, daughter of Ariel and Sheldon Finley, was born on August 16, 2017, with multiple health issues. S [...]
  • Tags SMART TD Member fundraiser

SMART TD’s Jeff Duris passes away; family and friends express thanks for support

July 5, 2017 Jeff  Duris, a member of Local 322 in Milwaukee, died on Saturday evening, July 1, 2017, surrounded by family, reported Local Chairperson Bob Alba. Jeff was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease on June 19, 2017. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an incurable and fatal neurolog [...]
  • Tags GoFundMe, Jeff Duris

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