The Trucker Newspaper - September 15, 2018
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12 • <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong>-30, <strong>2018</strong> Nation<br />
<strong>The</strong>trucker.com<br />
NAIT, partners donate $50,000 to help fuel costs for Wreaths Across America<br />
THE TRUCKER NEWS SERVICES<br />
DALLAS — In a check presentation made<br />
August 23 at the Great American Trucking Show,<br />
national nonprofit Wreaths Across America<br />
(WAA) accepted a contribution of $50,000 from<br />
the National Association of Independent <strong>Trucker</strong>s<br />
(NAIT) and its insurance partners TransGuard,<br />
and IAT Insurance Group.<br />
<strong>The</strong> contribution from NAIT and its partners is<br />
their third annual donation and will help WAA to<br />
honor fallen military service members across the<br />
United States with wreath-laying ceremonies this<br />
December at Arlington National Cemetery and<br />
more than 1,400 other participating locations as<br />
part of its National Wreaths Across America Day.<br />
As in prior years, the contribution will be used<br />
to offset fuel costs for independent truckers wanting<br />
to help deliver the live balsam wreaths.<br />
“My wife and I have been honored to be able<br />
to make a Wreaths run to El Paso, Texas, each<br />
year,” said Kevin Ericson, an owner-operator<br />
with Knudsen Trucking of Hager City, Wisconsin.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> fuel assistance donation helps us realize that<br />
chance by easing the financial difficulty in donating<br />
our time, by way of aiding us in mitigating the<br />
cost incurred with the fuel expense to complete<br />
the trip. Without it we would still be able to make<br />
the donation, but it would be harder to absorb the<br />
cost. We can’t begin to describe how much we<br />
appreciate what they do in helping us honor our<br />
fallen with Wreaths Across America. Keep up the<br />
good work, and thanks again from all of us.”<br />
Joining together with other members of the<br />
trucking industry, NAIT and its insurance partners<br />
TransGuard and IAT Insurance Group will play<br />
a vital role in this year’s December <strong>15</strong> National<br />
Wreaths Across America Day tribute, with hundreds<br />
of companies and professional drivers donating<br />
their time, trucks and fuel to transport nearly<br />
two million veteran wreaths across the country.<br />
“All of us at NAIT, and our partners, are proud<br />
to participate in honoring the men and women<br />
who valiantly served our country,” said David<br />
King, vice president, business development for<br />
NAIT. “This contribution, like the ones we have<br />
made over the last several years, will help to provide<br />
an opportunity for professional drivers to<br />
transport wreaths across the United States.”<br />
“<strong>The</strong> generosity of NAIT and NAIT’s insurance<br />
partners TransGuard and IAT Insurance<br />
Group will allow owner/operator that may not<br />
have the means to otherwise participate join in<br />
on the mission to remember, honor and teach,”<br />
said Debbie Sparks, director of transportation and<br />
community outreach for Wreaths Across America.<br />
“Our reliance on independent truck owners/<br />
operators cannot be understated when talking<br />
about the success of National Wreaths Across<br />
America Day.”<br />
Independent truckers interested in hauling a<br />
Courtesy: WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA<br />
Debbie Sparks, second from right, director<br />
of transportation and community outreach for<br />
Wreaths Across America, accepts a check for<br />
$50,000 from David King, vice president, business<br />
development for the National Association<br />
of Independent <strong>Trucker</strong>s. Looking on are Mona<br />
Brimeyer and Corrina Noyes, both with WAA<br />
partner TransGuard/IAT Insurance Group.<br />
load of veterans’ wreaths this December, visit<br />
trucking.wreathsacrossamerica.org to volunteer.<br />
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