Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
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Fleet Equipment: TMAF details all the great charity in the industry this holiday season.
Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) is sharing the many ways that the trucking industry gave back to its communities and charities this holiday season. Trucking companies and organizations nationwide shared their stories of charitable works and giving with TMAF after the industry movement issued their annual industry-wide call for submissions through email and social media. […]
Asheville Citizen Times: Opinion: A special delivery by truck for all Americans this holiday season
A North Carolina couple had the special privilege of delivering the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree from their home state of NC to the Capitol. Read more…
Overdrive: Overdrive covers TMAF polling results.
The public’s perception of professional truckers is overwhelmingly positive, and up markedly from three years ago, with 87% of respondents in a recent survey saying they had a favorable impression of the trucking industry — up from 67% in 2019. Read more…
Commercial Carrier Journal: CCJ covers TMAF polling results
Hair metal rockers Cinderella struck gold (double-platinum, actually) in the late 1980s with “You don’t know what you’ve got (till it’s gone)” – a nearly 6 minute power ballad about love lost. Read more…
Today.com: How truckers are keeping shelves stocked and packages delivered amid outreach.
The nation’s 3 million truck drivers are unsung heroes of the coronavirus crisis, working overtime to keep the critical supply chain moving. NBC’s Sam Brock reports for TODAY from Houston. Continue watching at Today.com…
The Trucker: TMAF Co-chair receives TCA’s Past Chairmen’s Award
Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express of Dayton, Ohio, has been awarded the Truckload Carriers Association’s Past Chairmen’s Award. Burch was honored during a general session at the associations’ annual convention here. Burch is known for his leadership of the Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) initiative that is designed to enhance the image of trucking […]
The Trucker features TMAF’s leaders during Black History Month.
To celebrate the modern-day achievements of African Americans in the trucking industry, Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) has selected four drivers who exemplify excellence in trucking. They were selected because of their professionalism and dedication to their jobs, commitment to safety and continuous efforts to move America forward every day. The drivers are being featured […]
The Trucker: The Trucker features trucking’s critical role in Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America’s annual trek from Harrington, Maine, to Arlington National Cemetery has earned a reputation as the world’s largest veterans’ parade. More than 70 trucks lined the highway in late December to carry the hundreds of thousands of wreaths that were to be placed on the graves at the country’s largest veterans’ resting place. […]