Trucking Santa and his Elves Strike Again…..

Trucking Santa and his Elves Strike Again…..

by | Dec 20, 2016 | BLOG

Many have never heard of this great organization and all that they do to make Christmas a little easier for a Trucking Family in need at Christmas .  In total they have helped 125 families enjoy the holiday season in the last 8 years. Raised over $73,000 

Although they are  based in the United States of America they help drivers in need across North America . Both Canadian and US drivers are eligible to be nominated for assistance .  The board members and volunteers are from both sides of the border .  

I had the honor and pleasure of working with this great group of Drivers who graciously volunteer their time to help their fellow sisters and brothers of the highway .  

It was a heart wrenching experience listening to the stories of these families and the struggles they are facing.

This drivers story greatly affected us all.

A tree had fallen on the road in front of his truck on a 2 lane road to his pick up location . He got out of his truck to assess the situation as it was night time. While he was out looking around a pick up truck was coming towards him, he tried flashing lights at them to warn them of the tree. When he realized they weren’t going to stop he tried to get to the other side of his truck . Unfortunately he didn’t make it to safety. The pick up struck the tree and it pushed him into the front of his truck. Thankfully the driver of the pick up was able to call the state police and get help.

The Truck driver was critically injured.  He suffered a cracked skull, collapsed lung, broken collar bone, both wrists & ankles broken, broken leg , and broken ribs.

Since the accident 2.5 weeks ago he was in an induced coma. In the last few days he was taken off the ventilator. He is now conscious but very confused, this is typical with head trauma. He has a long recovery ahead of him. He is still in ICU .

 AS POSTED ON THE   TRUCKERS CHRISTMAS GROUP. ORG  FACEBOOK PAGE 



 https://www.facebook.com/truckerschristmasgroup.org/

Truckers Christmas Group called us tonite and we were chosen to receive a gift  to help us out.  I am still crying it will help give us a very special Christmas.  I do appreciate this group and how they help trucker families out at Christmas time.  It touched me deeply. 
Whether we were chosen or not the fact that someone cared enough about us to ask  them if we could receive  help means the world to me.  I do appreciate this group of people.

A big thank you to the media for the support this year !!!

 
Let’s Truck
Canada Calling
American Trucking Radio
Truth about Trucking
Red Eye Radio
Chrome n Steel Radio
Landline Now
TruckNews and TruckWest
Trucking News
Truckin Roundup

Tears of joy, and I’m speechless. Thank you to everyone donating and shopping in our online store. Thank you to our Sponsors for donating products for our store. ( TCGO) 

Thank you:
Let’s Truck
Ooida
OBAC
Pittsburgh Power
OPS
BrakeSafe
Airtabs
Flow Below
Purolator
RoadPro
Kevin and Leesa Rutherford
1st Choice Logistics Inc 
Whatever role you have in the Trucking Industry I hope you will consider helping this organization out. Donations and volunteers are greatly appreciated .  

The Christmas Store is open year round .
For more information on the Truckers Christmas Group  . Org please check out the website or contact any of the Board members below. 

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Truckers Christmas Group. Org Helping Trucking Families in Need at Christmas 

Truckers Christmas Group. Org Helping Trucking Families in Need at Christmas 

by | Nov 24, 2016 | BLOG

TRUCKERS HELPING TRUCKING FAMILIES IN NEED AT CHRISTMAS

 

    We are excited to announce that we are now a  501(c)(3) registered charity and gearing up for our 2016 fundraising drive.

As many of you know we have run this group under various organizations every year. In 2014 we were informed by our latest partner that we would need to go out on our own.  By August 10th 2014 we had a corporation formed and bylaws in place.  Now after months of government forms etc. we are now a fully registered  501(c)(3) charity.

 What this means is that we can now collect money legally and properly, and in our own name. We can issue tax receipts to donors and our corporate sponsors.  It also means that the money donated will now be non-taxable, none of us want your hard earned money going to taxes instead of the families.  We wanted to set this up properly and by doing so we are now fully in control and will not have to rely on others anymore.

 The core group of founders, Maggie, Eldon, Greg, as well as Mark, Mary and Kerry, and many long term volunteers are all involved in this venture and want this to be the best year yet. Everybody involved in this group is a volunteer and receives no renumeration for there work with the TruckersChristmasGroup.  All monies raised go towards the families and minimal operating expenditures.

The Truckers Christmas group began in 2008 by Truckers who wanted to help Truckers and their families that have fallen on bad times, have a better Christmas.

Thanks to your  help the Christmas Group has raised $66,000  and helped 112 trucking families in need  over the last 7 years and we would love to help even more this year.

 

You can help us help others by checking out our Truckers Christmas Group Christmas Store where you can shop for all sorts of deals on amazing products that have been donated by our sponsors. All proceeds raised in the store go to the Christmas fund. 50/50 tickets 

 On November 24th 2016 we will strart accepting nominations for trucking families in need until a couple of weeks before Christmas.  Applicants must be truck drivers to qualify for assistance. We will be dispersing funds to qualifying families in time for Christmas. Check back here soon for more information and be sure to visit and like our Facebook page at https://m.facebook.com/truckerschristmasgroup.org
Open to Canadian and American Drivers.

Please help the Women’s Trucking Federation Of Canada support this worthy cause.