It’s a childhood tradition to look skyward as we near Christmas. Imagination brightens our lives. Wishes are more than yearnings when presents appear under the tree.
Thank you, Mom and Dad, for your secretive journeys to the store. You keep tradition, imagination, and joy alive. Thank you, too, Santa. We see your red suit and stocking cap whenever we see a truck. Maybe it’s our adult version of imagination, but the truth is that Santa drives a truck.
Think about it: fully 80% of the nation’s communities are served only by truck. Only trucks and truck drivers reach every loading dock, warehouse, distribution center, and doorstep in America. Especially with remote worksites and home offices, commercial vehicle drivers are the lifeblood of business.
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What truck drivers bring this holiday season is more than supply chain necessities and holiday gifts. Trucking connects us to who we are:
- We are people who care. Through TAT, truck drivers and their employers are bringing attention and hope to missing and exploited women and children.
- We are people who honor. Every December truck drivers and their companies voluntarily deliver Wreaths Across America to Arlington National Cemetery and local military graveyards nationwide in remembrance and respect for fallen veterans.
- We are people who give. Truck drivers and motor carriers are always ready to help their local communities. Today, efforts are often combined through organizations like the Trucking Cares Foundation, supporting active military and veteran families and pediatric brain cancer research, among other causes, and through the American Logistics Aid Network in response to natural disasters.
We at PrePass are honored to help improve the safety and efficiency of truck drivers and motor carriers because children’s presents under the tree and the everyday needs of all of us are possible only through their services.
Happy holidays!
