It's a Team's Life

Progression of the Walk

By Bob & Linda Caffee
Posted Feb 1st 2010 8:44AM

One of the members (Scott Kinley) of our core organization The Trucking Solutions Group decided that we should form a subsidiary health group. From the inception this group has grown by leaps and bounds and at times is overwhelming.   We talked with the editor of Driver Health Magazine about the feasibility of having a 5K at the Mid American Truck Show March 25 – 27, 2010. Drivers  Health had the contacts within MATS to, get the walk off of the ground, but we had to change the 5 K to a 1.5 mile fun walk.   In the process of organizing the walk we have added Bob Perry, The Trucker Trainer; Jeff Clark, a marathon runner and trucker; Jack Kelch, a driver who lost 180 lbs on his own to our Health group. We went week after week waiting to see if the walk would take place as we could not get state approval.   Finally the word came through and the walk will happen! Now the jitters take place on how to best advertise the walk and how to promote the walk with the other drivers and also with anyone involved in trucking.   Right now the various drivers are working on getting sponsors, getting the word out to our companies, and also getting on radio truck shows. Driver Health is coordinating the advertising, the logo and also the registration for the event.   http://driverhealth.org/DH/ The show sponsors at MATS have donated a pre and post room for us to gather.   Bob Perry will have a group stretch and get us all prepared for our adventure around the convention center.   Driver Health will be handling all of our signs and getting our donations gathered so we can get the trinkets in the goody bags.

Our whole group is planning on being at MATS this year and we will be taking a group picture.   We will also be meeting some of our members for the first time face to face.   We all have high hopes for our first event and we have plans to have our walk at the Las Vegas Truck Show and also at the Dallas Truck Show.   I will keep you posted as we have new happenings.

 

 

Bob & Linda Caffee
Leased to: FedEx Custom Critical
TeamCaffee
Saint Louis MO
Expediters 5 years been out here on the road ten years
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