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Truckers Christmas Group fund-raising for deserving trucking families
The nonprofit and driver-led Truckers Christmas Group (TGCO), an organization that raises funds to help professional CDL drivers and their families in need around the holiday in the United States and Canada, is full speed ahead on its 12th annual holiday fund-raising campaign.
October 22, 2019
Channel 19
Got room on the trailer? Driver-led group looking to coordinate available space for disaster relief
The Trucks With Room to Spare group was started at the instigation of Greenup, Kentucky-based trucker Shelli Conawayâs desire to assist areas hit by Hurricane Michael in Florida, an area she hauled to at the time. Toady, theyâre attempting to coordinate donated hauling with relief organizations in the flooded MidwestâŚ
March 20, 2019
Overdrive Radio
The living legacy of the âBlackOutâ veterans-tribute Freightliner, and: Small fleet growth elsewhere
A couple weeks out from Veterans Day, this weekâs podcast walks through recent additions to the BlackOut 1999 Freightliner veterans-tribute and memorial truck and more Chuck Timbrook following a health scare two years ago. Also: More from owner-op Rob Hallahanâs small fleet growth with other owner-ops.
October 26, 2018
Business
Blue Tiger donates $80K-plus to St. Christopher
This isn't the first time Blue Tiger donated to SCF and it probably won't be the last. Check out what Blue Tiger has done for the St. Christopher Truckers Fund.
October 8, 2018
Channel 19
Reinforcing the value of an old friend: The St. Christopher âTruckersâ Fundâ
Two testimonials from truckers illustrate the role the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund has played over the years â and continues to play â for drivers hit with a storm of injury or illness that brings financial hardship.
June 28, 2018
Business
âQueen of the roadâ finalists named
The Real Women in Trucking groupâs first-annual âQueen of the Roadâ awards program announced ten finalists.
January 30, 2017
Channel 19
TruckersFinalMile.org and driver-songwriters raising funds to help deliver driver back home
Brotherhood of the highway: Part of the goal of an ongoing collaborative auction among four driver-songwriters intended to benefit the worthy TruckersFinalMile.org organization, after a fellow hauler passed in Gallup, N.M.
December 5, 2016
Business
Truckers for Truckers and TruckersFinalMile.org unite
Truckers for Truckers, founded by Michael Suson as a mental health support group, is getting a head start on nonprofit status with the new partnership with Truckers Final Mile.
October 14, 2016
Business
The funding for safety groups, the salaries of their chiefs
Funding levels in some recent years for Parents Against Tired Truckers, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH), somewhat-related group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and others among the âsafety advocacyâ community â truckingâs loudest critics.
September 8, 2016
Business
Giving âtil it hurts
âItâs a pretty well known fact that the trucking industry is one of the most charitable communities out there. ⌠Consequently, a lot of folks get burned by unscrupulous people or organizations âŚâ More on how to spot a legit charity or cause.
March 4, 2016
Business
JRBM fund looking for MATS auction items toward philanthropic ends
JRBM Fundâs auction will be held on Saturday, March 28, at MATS in booth #72105. The org reports âwe really welcome and need more items to make this yearâs auction even more successfulâ than it already has been in planning.
March 16, 2015
Channel 19
Big Rig Books hauls reads for the kids
John C. Gervase founded the nonprofit to encourage literacy among underprivileged children.
May 2, 2013
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