June 2010 Contractor of the Month

This month's Contractor of the Month is Raymond "Rainbow" Jude, Mercer unit 8437. Jude has been participating in the Trucker Buddy International program for the past three years. he and his big rig visited Warfield Elementary School in Pilgrim, KY, where he presented to head start, kindergarten and first grade classes. His grandchildren, Braxton and Victoria, were among the children in the classes.

If you aren't familiar with Trucker Buddy International, here is a bit of information about this great program via the TBI website:

"Trucker Buddy International is a nonprofit  organization started in 1992 and dedicated to helping educate and mentor schoolchildren via a pen pal relationship between professional truck drivers and children in grades 2-8. Trucker Buddy matches classes of students with professional truck drivers. Every week drivers share news about their travels with their class. Once a month, students write letters to their drivers. Students' skills in reading, writing, geography, mathematics, social studies, and history are enhanced and learning is fun."

Go to Mercer's photo gallery to view pictures from Jude's elementary school visit, and take a look at some of the cute artwork his "pan pals" have sent him while he's out on the road!

If you would like to nominate a Mercer contractor to be the next Contractor of the Month, please contact Johanna Inman at 502-333-6381 (Mercer extension 6381) or jinman@mercer-trans.com