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Trailers show Total support for Wounded Warriors Canada
WHITBY, Ont. – A pair of trailers hauled by Total Transportation will soon be showing support for Wounded Warriors Canada, and sharing the all-important message of #InThisTogether. Representatives of the charity -- which supports ill and injured members of the Canadian Armed Forces, veterans, and first responders -- gathered on Friday with members of those very groups to watch the first of the trailers roll through the bay doors at Sign Design.
Ten million pounds have hit the road with Trucks for Change
BRAMPTON, Ont. – The Trucks for Change Network has hauled the equivalent of a whole house for Habitat for Humanity. The group picked up its 10 millionth pound of goods hauled for charities, last week. Those goods include a total worth more than $160,000 in donated transportation for Habitat for Humanity and the Habitat ReStore – a total equivalent to the cost of a Habitat home.
Pilot Flying J ‘harvesting’ extra food for those in need
KNOXVILLE, TN - At the beginning of a season of giving, Pilot Flying J and Food Donation Connection (FDC) have announced a partnership to supply extra food items to local non-profits and food bank agencies to help families facing hunger next year. The largest operator of travel centers in North America said they will be participating in the Harvest Program, a nation-wide initiative in the United States to combat hunger in areas Pilot Flying J is located by 'harvesting' surplus food - such as hot PJ Fresh pizza slices, burgers and premium breakfast sandwiches - and safely prepare and freeze it for donation to local food banks and shelters.
Trucks for Change will do you good
TORONTO, ON -- My short-lived career as a competitive picker and packer could be in jeopardy. Newcom Business Media, the publisher of Today's Trucking, was the defending champion in the second-annual Trucks for Change food sorting challenge at Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank on November 16. Eight 10-member teams committed an hour to tear into pallets of donated food, check expiry dates, and load boxes for shipping. (What charitable work could be closer to the trucking industry than that?) And while new to the team, I've helped out at food banks before. In the lexicon of athletes everywhere, I was a ringer. The trash talk flowed with ease because, well, charity and all that.
Trucks for Change will do you good
TORONTO, ON -- My short-lived career as a competitive picker and packer could be in jeopardy. Newcom Business Media, the publisher of Today's Trucking, was the defending champion in the second-annual Trucks for Change food sorting challenge at Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank on November 16. Eight 10-member teams committed an hour to tear into pallets of donated food, check expiry dates, and load boxes for shipping. (What charitable work could be closer to the trucking industry than that?) And while new to the team, I've helped out at food banks before. In the lexicon of athletes everywhere, I was a ringer. The trash talk flowed with ease because, well, charity and all that.
Canada Cartage delivering water to homeless
TORONTO, ON - Canada Cartage employees are joining together to deliver four trailers loaded with Nestle Waters Canada to the Bargains Group in Toronto, supporting the 17th annual Project Water. Beginning Wednesday, they will supply more than 150 social service agencies, outreach providers and homeless shelters with 300,000 water bottles and 3,000 summer survival kits to help the homeless during the extreme heat of summer.
EG Gray Transportation Moves on Hunger
PETERBOROUGH, ON -- For Rob and Julie Tanguay, owners of EG Gray Transportation, it was a no- brainer. When they heard that employees of PepsiCo had organized a food sorting event in conjunction with the company's major food funding donation to Food Banks Canada, they wasted no time getting involved.
Trailer Wizards Joins Hunger Awareness Week Campaign
MISSISSAUGA, ON -- Trailer Wizards Ltd. is sponsoring Food Banks Canada's 2015 Hunger Awareness Week for the third consecutive year. During this campaign, 'Let's Bring Some Focus To Hunger", the trailer dealer and its employees will be spreading awareness of the issue of hunger across the country and the need for donations to food banks as well as supporting national programs now through Sept. 25.
