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Trucker Buddy International is pleased to announce that Rich Chaffin of H&M Transportation has been selected to be the Trucker Buddy of the Month for December 2009. Mrs. Cathy Leshinskie, the second grade teacher for Sunsbury Christian Academy in North'd, Pennsylvania nominated Rich Caffin of H&M Transportation with high praises. Mrs. Leshinskie said the children were excited to be part of the program and use his travels as a learning experience. Mr. Chaffin along with his wife sent the students gingerbread cookies, salt water taffy, candy canes and some geographically oriented presents such as a sombrero and blanket from Texas and a big hunk of salt from the Bonneville Salt Flats. The students have learned a lot and are so grateful for him being their Trucker Buddy. The time and energy spent on them they wanted to give Mr. Chaffin something back, to nominate him as the Trucker Buddy of the Month.

"Rick is a great cook, he used to own a restaurant and he cooked for over 150 family members around the Thanksgiving holiday. He is a very giving person," says Mrs. Leshinskie. The entire classroom is anxiously waiting when he can bring his truck by their school in the spring.

Trucker Buddy International, an independent, non-profit 501(c) (3) organization, often called the number one trucking image campaign in North America, has helped educate schoolchildren and introduce educators to the trucking industry.  This gives them the world through the eyes of a professional truck driver.  The Trucker Buddy program helps to educate and mentor schoolchildren via a pen pal relationship between professional truck drivers and children in grades 2-8 as supervised by their teachers.

After an extensive screening process, the professional truck drivers are matched with a class and as directed by the teacher, drivers share news about their travels with their class. Students write letters and send pictures to their drivers. Students' skills in reading, writing, geography, mathematics, social studies, and history are enhanced and learning is fun.

Since 1992, Trucker Buddy International has helped educate over a million schoolchildren and introduced them to caring, compassionate men and women, professional truck drivers.  The on going success of the program is due to driver volunteers, participating teachers and the contributions of sponsors.  There is no cost to the drivers or teachers to participate in the program. The Trucker Buddy program is funded entirely by sponsorships and donations.