St. Christopher’s Trucker Relief Fund

The Log Book: TA kicks off a round up campaign with St. Christopher’s

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: TA’s Register Round Up Campaign begins, Chicago-based Loadsmart gives back to the community and ParkMyFleet’s solar car race is thwarted by a breakdown.

TA kicks off a round up campaign with St. Christopher’s

TravelCenters of America Inc. has been a supporter of St. Christopher’s Trucker Relief Fund (SCF) for the past 12 years to help its primary customers in times of need.

On Thursday, TA...

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Liam Salmon, 5, loses battle with terminal brain cancer

Liam loses battle with DIPG

Five-year-old Liam Salmon lost his nearly year-long battle to a rare type of brain tumor on New Year’s Day. 

His infectious smile and love of big rigs and John Deere tractors captured the hearts of many in the trucking industry and agriculture community, who rallied around Liam to grant his wish for mail for his fifth birthday wish in October. Law enforcement agencies from across the country mailed him patches, calling him “Officer Liam.”

Liam is the son of Howard and Mary Salmon of Anderson,...

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WHAT THE TRUCK?!?: No letup likely on the freight roller coaster

Dooner and The Dude check in with a truckers philanthropy, talk market strategy and more on this live episode of WTT?!?

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MoLo Solutions lights up charity for sick, injured truckers

MoLo freight brokerage worker

St. Christopher’s Trucker Development and Relief Fund (CTF) drew another $62,000 closer to its $1 million fundraising goal on Monday when MoLo Solutions shared its donation during a live chat on Monday’s episode of FreightWaves’ WHAT THE TRUCK?!? podcast.

Knoxville, Tennessee-based CTF covers short-term expenses like mortgages, utilities, vehicle payments and insurance premiums for truckers forced off the road by illness or injury.

Shannon Currier, director of philanthropy and fundraising for...

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Trucker charity on track for record donations

Pilot travel stop canopy

A charity that helps truckers pay living expenses while off the road for illness is seeing record donations as the public recognizes truck drivers’ role in delivering critical goods during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The St. Christopher’s Trucker Development and Relief Fund (CTF) is more than halfway to its $1 million fundraising goal for the year, said Shannon Currier, CTF director of philanthropy and development.

St. Christopher’s has received three separate donations of $100,000 from the Pilot...

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