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Truckers for Troops Telethon

OOIDA’s Truckers for Troops campaign was started in 2007 as a collaborative project between the Association and its members. Its aim was to involve the trucking community in supporting U.S. troops stationed in combat areas in Iraq and Afghanistan by sending care packages of “comfort items”

During the past three years, Truckers for Troops has achieved tremendous success through member contributions and the Association’s matching funds. Since 2008, the program has raised more than $150,000 to send care packages containing socks, lip balm, lotion, foodstuffs and other items to thousands of military men and women overseas. Each package also contains letters and drawings from children that the Association organizes through friends, families, schools, churches etc.

During the program week in December, new and renewal memberships are discounted from $45 to $25, 10 percent of which goes towards the care package funds. That 10 percent is then matched by the Association. Land Line Now, the association’s official radio show on Sirius XM satellite radio promotes the program during its regularly scheduled broadcasts, 7-8 p.m. (EST).

For the 2009/2010 campaign, OOIDA partnered with country singer and OOIDA Life Member Leland Martin. A portion of the sales of his CD “Truckers for Troops” go toward the program and are available throughout the year. Martin also includes a free DVD with every CD purchased on his Web site. The DVD has six Leland Martin music videos, two of which are for songs on the “Truckers for Troops” CD. The DVD also includes “behind-the-scenes footage and bloopers.

If you have family or close friends serving in the military in Iraq or Afghanistan, we are looking forward to hearing from you with addresses so they can benefit from the Truckers for Troops.

Please phone in their names and complete addresses to Nikki Johnson at 1-816-229-5791 or,
Email to nikki_johnson@ooida.com
We’re soliciting hand-made cards and letters from kids. They can be sent to Norita Taylor at OOIDA.
OOIDA is also soliciting personal letters to be sent to our soldiers overseas as part of OOIDA’s care packages. You can mail them to us at:
- OOIDA Truckers for Troops, PO Box 1000, Grain Valley, MO, 64029, c/o Nikki Johnson
- Or e-mail them to nikki_johnson@ooida.com

Check back at the OOIDA web site, (www.ooida.com), LandLine Magazine and listen to Mark Reddig each day on SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio’s Road Dog Trucking channel XM 171 and SIRIUS 147: 7-8pm & 11pm- 12am EST, for updated information.

All donations are channeled through the OOIDA Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit corporation.