Tag: breast cancer

Channel 19

Giving back: Pink Kalmar Ottawa yard spotters auctioned to benefit breast cancer research

Pink Kalmar Ottawa yard spotters were auctioned in October for breast cancer reearch, resulting is a $28K plus donation check to the Susan G. Comen foundation.

November 24, 2020

Business

News roundup, Oct. 7: New app from factoring company, Citgard now at Pilot Flying J, breast-cancer awareness from Diesel Laptops

The new FreightCheck app is designed to allow owner-operators to upload their load documents for invoicing and submit them for funding directly from their phone. PFJ is now selling Citgard 600 15W-40 and Citgard 700 Synthetic Blend 10W-30 lubricants.

October 7, 2019

Business

Fleet passes $160K raised for cancer research

Over the past six years, Quebec-based Express Mondor has contributed to research and assistance for people living with breast cancer by supporting the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation through its annual charity gold tournament and breast-cancer-awareness truck.

July 22, 2019

Life

CRST Malone honors breast cancer survivor owner-op

CRST Malone honors owner-operator Chanita Ward with a custom breast cancer awareness truck wrap and Caribbean cruise certificate at GATS 2018.

August 29, 2018

Business

Pink load bars for breast cancer awareness

Save-A-Load by Fleet Engineers offers pink versions of its Save-A-Load bars, available year-round, and a portion of the revenue from sales of those bars is donated to Breastcancer.org on a quarterly basis.

October 5, 2017

Business

Oversize hauler donates to breast-cancer effort

Quebec-based Express Mondor’s third annual benefit for the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation brought in $28,000 — over the last three years, the specialized hauler has donated more than $80,000 to the Foundation.

June 29, 2016

Channel 19

Trucking Solutions Group launches fund-raiser for mobile mammography

Attendant to a variety of free health screenings for all driver-attendees and others at GATS this year, which the TSG has helped organization, the fund-raiser is to help cover costs of mammograms for those unable to afford it.

May 16, 2015

Life

Breast cancer awareness guide for – that’s right – men

Lack of awareness is one contributing factor to late detection. A number of men don’t think they can get breast cancer, and because of the rarity, there is unlikely to be any benefit in screening them in the general population for it with preventive mammograms or other tests.

November 11, 2014

Custom Rigs

Long Haul Survivor benefit rig goes to Michigan-based driver Brittany Dunigan

Twenty-one-year-old Dunigan got the call the evening of May 4 in Michigan and “her first comment was ‘are you telling me I won that Purple Peterbilt?’”

May 8, 2014

Business

Mack displays pink truck

Mack Trucks is doing its part to help increase awareness of breast cancer by displaying this pink Mack Pinnacle Axle Back model at its headquarters in Greensboro, N.C.  The truck display is in conjunction with several employee events also highlighting the month, including a luncheon for support and caregivers affected by breast cancer; an awareness […]

October 28, 2013

Channel 19

New health audiobook, convoy for cancer cure, Project 351 gets low

Joe Martin, whom you’ll no doubt remember as the operator behind the Truckercise DVDs I wrote about earlier in the year (Martin’s pictured, right, with Alex Debogorski of Ice Road fame), announced recently that a new truckers’ health strategies audiobook that he contributed a chapter to is out and available. The book, Truckers’ Road to […]

September 30, 2011

Channel 19

Wiper blades with a cause

The folks behind the AutoTex Pink wiper blades tell me the blades are sized to fit 85 percent of heavy-duty trucks on the road, as well as all manner of autos — but that’s not the most interesting thing about them. The idea behind the blades comes from wiper-blade manufacturer Wexco Industries cofounder Paula Lombard, […]

August 20, 2010