JCB veteran employee Neil Smith arrives on a bright yellow JCB 3CX backhoe loader completing his 26 day 3,000 mile coast-to-coast charity road trip and sets a new Guinness world record on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at Santa Monica Beach. The world's greatest earthmover embarked on its fundraising road trip “Backhoe Across America” cross-country campaign on March 26, 2010, in Tybee Island Georgia. The backhoe scooped up a bucket of sand from east coast and droped it off in Santa Monica Beach. JCB, one of the word’s largest manufacturers of construction equipment, goal was to raise $1 million for the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund and to remind Americans that Haiti’s long road to recovery is only just beginning, and encourage them to show their continued support by visiting www.JCBForHaiti.com to make a donation.
“Haiti’s road to recovery was long and difficult,” said John Patterson, chairman and CEO, JCB Inc. “On behalf of everyone at JCB, we hope that the miles traveled and donations secured during Backhoe Across America will help ease the burden of the journey that lies ahead for this devastated nation.”