Thanksgiving of Trucking ATA gives thanks for drivers during National Truck Driving Week By ATR Staff The Arkansas Trucking Association
honored the 17 year tradition of serv- ing lunch to and shaking hands with truck drivers in North Little Rock on September 15 during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (September 13–19). ATA partnered with TA Petro Stopping Center to celebrate and pub- licly thank the professional men and women who deliver America’s freight. The parking lot of TA Petro Stopping Center on I-40 was full of tents, volun- teers and 750 hot meals. Drivers were greeted with goodie bags and hamburg- ers, hot dogs and chicken sandwiches straight from the grill. Country musi- cian Lindsay Lawler was back in town for her truck stop tour and followed local musician and North Little Rock student Bree Ogden to entertain while visitors played games and won raffle prizes.
Twenty-three (23) corporate
members of the Arkansas Trucking Association contributed food, refresh- ments, goodies and volunteers for the event. ATA president Shannon Newton
said, “It is important to remind the public of truck drivers’ enormous impact on our way of life. But most of all, National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is the Thanksgiving of the truck- ing world. We have so much to thank truck drivers for—food, medicine, school supplies, the very bricks and mortar that hold rooves over our heads. Their commitment to safety and professional- ism is worth our gratitude every day.” ATA would like to extend its appre-
ciation to the following companies which made the event possible and our gratitude evident to the drivers who attended:
ABF Freight Aon Burnett Insurance Concentra Medical Center Cummins Mid-South, LLC D.W. Story & Associates, Inc. FedEx Freight Great West Casualty Company HELP Inc. J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. Loggins Logistics, Inc. Maverick Transportation, LLC McKee Foods Transportation, LLC Morris Transportation, Inc. Ozarko Tire Center Stallion Transportation Group TA Petro Stopping Centers Tri-State Truck Center, Inc. Twin City Transportation, Inc. Tyson Foods, Inc. University of Central Arkansas Utility Tri-State, Inc. Walmart Transportation LLC
Buck Allen and Bruce Stewart (Twin City Transportation)
Local musician Bree Ogden performs for truck drivers
Butch Rice, Elizabeth Skinner, Jerry Whittenburg, Beth Lowrey (Stallion Transportation Group
Sandee Nash and
Lee Nash (McKee Foods Transportation)
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Phil Alaman and Heather Glover (Maverick Transportation)
Issue 5 2016 | ARKANSAS TRUCKING REPORT
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