Trucker Buddy the Cowpoke way

Bob Martin, an ex-Trucker Buddy talks about his experience with his school on his Landline Blog.

http://landlinemedia.blogspot.com/2010/11/trucker-buddy-cowpoke-way.html

 

 

Uncle Darrell Hicks Honored

Uncle Darrell has been a faithful and hard-working person for Trucker Buddy since is was formed and now we had a priviledge of honoring him at the Fall TMC meeting.  Congrats Uncle Darrell

http://www.truckerbuddy.org/darrellaward.html

Frito-Lay and Trucker Buddy

I had the opportunity to visit with some Frito-Lay drivers in San Antonio last weekend.  What a fine bunch of drivers.  They will be an asset to our organization.  Thanks to all in San Antonio for allowing me to be part your meeting.

On another note.  I got a call for the manager of the  Houston center and he told me that he needs drivers for his area.  If you are looking for a great job send your resume to employment@fritolay.com

Hank Good is a winner!

Hank Good is a seasoned driver who ran into some bad luck the last few years but maybe his luck has turned.  He won the 2010 Gary King Memorial Trophy at the Walcott Jamboree and he is a most deserving winner.

http://truckerbuddy.org/goodkingaward2010.htm

I had the opportunity to spend a little time with him and was impressed with him and his history with Trucker Buddy.

Congratulations Hank!

New Trucker Buddy of the Month Selected

Carl Ziehlke is named Trucker Buddy of the Month for May 2010
Ms. Lora Lutz and her class of fourth grade students from the Monroe Elementary School in Manitowoc, Wisconsin nominated Carl, a Wal-Mart driver, to be the Trucker Buddy of the Month. “Carl and I have been matched for over 10 years. His continuing commitment to my class each
year is very valuable. Although our school is not on his route, he makes
arrangements every year to come and meet the students in October.
This is important to the students so they can put a real person with the
letters they will be sending every month. Carl brings the cab and empty
trailer so the student’s see first hand how a truck driver lives on the road.
This gives the students a visual for how much cargo a semi carries, and
the importance of the trucking industry to all of our lives says Ms. Lutz.

To read more….

http://www.truckerbuddy.org/tbom/tbommay2010.htm

Spring Edition of TBI eMagazine

We just finished the Spring 2010 edition of our eMagazine.  Hope you guys enjoy it.

Inside you will find:

• An article about how FedEx is using their racecar at class visits to encourage students to excel.
• Read about the new things going on at Trucker Buddy.
• See the Trucker Buddy of the Month winners.
• Meet new members of our Board of Directors.
• “Listen To Your Truck” an article from Landline.
• View sponsors and many other items.
• Watch Trucker Buddy videos.
• MATS Trucker Buddy of the Month Press Conference Information.

http://digitalmagazinetechnology.com/a/?KEY=truckerbuddytalk-10-spring10#page=0

Rick Rogers Passes Away

Long time Trucker Buddy and Ambassador Rick Rogers passed away on May 10th.  He was a great Trucker Buddy to his the classes of elementary school students from across the country and a fine family man.  Rick also was a founding member of Trucker Charity, a  non-profit that helps other truck drivers in need. We will all miss him.

Donations should be sent to his mother at:

Karen Rogers
P.O. Box 25
Chilton, WI  53014

For more information on how you can donate to his family go to:

http://www.truckercharity.org/

Frito-Lay

K.C. Brau, one of our Ambassadors and I just spoke at the annual managers summit in Dallas and delivered the message of Trucker Buddy.  Frito-Lay is such a great organization and very interested in getting more involved in our program.  If you know one of their drivers encourage them to join up!

BTW, K.C. did a great job speaking to the group.

Trucker Buddies of the Month Honored

We honored the 2009 Trucker Buddies of the Month at our annual press conference as part of the Mid America Truck Show. To become a Trucker Buddy of the Month the class and the teacher must nominate and then write letters/draw pictures about why their Buddy should be the winner.

MATS Press Conference Pictures

To view all the Trucker Buddies of the Months and the press release of each go to this link.

Trucker Buddy of the Month

Trucker Buddy Launches New Website

We’re launching our new Trucker Buddy website and I’m really excited to offer more tools, clean simple design and more multi-media offerings. I want to send a special thanks to John with the ATA staff for helping me make the transition as well as the entire ATA organization for supporting us all these years. All new websites have some glitches so let me know if you see one and if you have an idea for the site. A big thank you to ArvinMeritor for their support and encouragement.