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Three Cheers for Truck drivers

Arkansas celebrates drivers during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

by ATR staff THank you SponSorS!
On September 16, Arkansas
joined the nation in celebrating the ABF Freight
26th annual National Truck Driver Aon Risk Solutions
Appreciation Week (September 14-20), ASu Newport
by distributing over 500 free lunches Ben e. keith company
and goodie bags in North Little Rock, Bridgestone commercial Solutions group
Ark. at the TA Petro Stopping Center on c.c. Jones Trucking
I-40. Drivers shared over lunch, played calArk International
games and even enjoyed a concert by concentra Medical center
Lindsay Lawler on her Highway Angel cummins Mid-South
Tour. distribution Solutions, Inc.
Truck Driver Appreciation Week is d.W. Story & Associates
an event designed to reflect, appreci- J. J. keller & Associates, Inc.
ate and celebrate the truck drivers in leB Trucking
the United States that move America’s loggins logistics
freight safely and securely every day. Maverick Transportation
The United States employs 3.2 mil- Mckee Foods Transportation, llc
lion truck drivers with a total industry Michelin
employment of 7 million, or one of Performance Food group
every 16 people working in the United TA Petro Stopping centers
States. In 2013, the trucking industry Tyson Foods, Inc.
hauled 9.7 billion tons of freight, or 69.1 university of central Arkansas
percent of total U.S. freight tonnage. utility Tri-State
Twenty-two (22) corporate Wayne Smith Trucking
members of the Arkansas Trucking
Association donated food, refreshments,
goodies and volunteers to pull off our
association’s biggest appreciation event
ever. The drivers were grateful for this
outpouring of thanks, and the ATA
would like to extend its appreciation to
the companies which made the event
possible.

 darrel smith (Cummins MidSouth),
gary horn (Utility Tri-State), and sharon
Rounds (TA Petro) prepare gift bags
for all the drivers who visited TA Petro
Stopping Station.

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