Started in 1992, and is based out of Alabama. It started with Gary King going to his children’s teacher and asking to send the class postcards from different places he traveled while on the road. The teacher agreed and that was the beginning of this great program.

It has become a nonprofit 501©(3) org. that focuses on guiding and mentoring school children (grades 2-8) by truckers going back and forth as pen pal’s. News about what they see on the road goes to these school children, opening their minds and expanding their vision of the world. The children see the world as a truck driver. It’s an education that most children may never receive. Not to mention its a great job truck drivers can do.

In return, the students write back once a month to the truck drivers, usually sending drawn pictures and cards and photos of themselves.

Schools have no fees for this because of very giving donations and the program is growing strong. Trucker Buddy International has united over a million school children with a pen-pal truck drivers, giving them the chance to meet those wonderful men and women out on the road, supplying our country with the food and product we need.

The trucker buddy program is a fantastic program and can make truck driving jobs more popular in an industry that is always looking for interested people.