Trucker Buddy
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 - 8:46am by Donna Snelling in Trucking
I know that most drivers do not have any spare time on their hands but if you do and you want to promote a positive image of what a driver’s life is like, I suggest becoming a Trucker Buddy!
Trucker Buddy is an organization that started in 1992 in an effort to not only educate children about truck drivers, but also to show how truck drivers have to use the things they learned in school as an every day part of their career. Things like geographical skills, mathematical skills, social and historical skills, and of course even reading and writing.
My husband has been a part of the program for around five years now. He is not the only that gets enjoyment out of the seeing the letters that he receives either. Our family gets involved. We share a little bit about ourselves with the class and answer questions they may have about the trucking business and our family. One of the biggest questions we always seem to get is how things are dealt with at home while my husband is away.
We try to teach the kids interesting facts about the states we have visited and I always look for neat postcards for them to have. I really enjoy the classes very much and usually make handmade stockings for the class every year complete with goodies inside!
I highly recommend Trucker Buddy if you have a few spare minutes (some teacher’s do communicate via email!) and would like to promote a positive side to trucking!
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I am a Trucker Buddy for 4 years my self with 3 classes of 2nd graders and love every minute that I am at the school and working with the children learning so much about the USA and the safety of the highways and safety around trucks and cars. I have been having so much fun and the students just love to go to school to learn so much from me and to see all my post cards and letters that I sent them. They are really wonderful students. They also try to write nicer when they are writing to me. I wish more drivers would get involved with Trucker Buddy and help more students learn more and have fun learning more exciting things.