When Food Banks Canada began planning its annual After The Bell program to fight child hunger this past summer, they turned to Trucks For Change Network to help get healthy food snacks to children in need. Food Banks Canada is a national organization which works in collaboration with the food bank network across Canada to reduce and prevent hunger in [...]

Trucks For Change Network and Prostate Cancer Canada are again inviting the Canadian trucking industry to Wear Plaid For Dad on June 14 to help drive out a disease which affects so many dads across our industry. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer to affect Canadian men, with one in seven men being diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime. For [...]

Trailer Wizards, the leader in Canadian trailer rental and leasing, once again demonstrated its commitment to supporting communities, in renewing its long-standing partnership with Trucks For Change Network (T4C), a non-profit association of highway carriers which supports charities across Canada with logistics services, volunteering, and fundraising. Said [...]

SHANE ESSON of Midland Transport has been a true leader in the trucking industry, as well as when it comes to community involvement and corporate giving.  Shane will be retiring in December 2018 after a long and successful career.  In his 5 years as a Director of Trucks For Change Network, and over many more in the transportation industry, Shane has [...]

In 2016, Trucks for Change Network lost a very special friend and humanitarian, Ewing McMeekin after a courageous battle with cancer.  Ewing was a humanitarian in all respects, was passionate about helping our communities, and believed in the Trucks for Change Network mission. To commemorate Ewing’s passion and dedication to others, and with the [...]

Each year we recognize a member highway carrier that has most significantly impacted our communities through their support of our partner charities.  This year at our October 11 AGM, KRISKA TRANSPORTATION GROUP was recognized for its exceptional contributions to charity over the past 12 months, during which the Kriska team helped many of our partner [...]

Trucking industry again ready to roll into “Wear Plaid for Dad” campaign in support of Prostate Cancer Canada This Father’s Day, boost team spirit at your workplace and Wear Plaid For Dad.  It’s a great way to combine a fun dress-down day with team-building and a great cause, using a common thread – PLAID! Prostate cancer is the most [...]

On April 6, Ryan Straschnitzki of Airdrie, Alberta‘s life changed forever when the bus carrying his Humboldt Broncos hockey team was involved in a horrible traffic accident on a rural Saskatchewan highway on its way to a playoff game.   Sixteen people were killed and 13 injured in the accident, and 19-year-old Ryan was left paralyzed from the chest [...]

On February 16th, a Kriska Transport truck arrived at Habitat For Humanity Canada’s Brampton warehouse to pick up the 10 millionth pound of donations moved for Habitat by Trucks For Change Network member carriers. Representatives from Habitat For Humanity Canada, Trucks For Change Network, and Kriska Transport, along with industry media, were on hand to [...]

Our 3rd Annual Trucks For Change annual Fall Food Sort Challenge on November 2 was our most successful yet, with 13 corporate teams and 120 trucking industry employees sorting more than 44,000 pounds of food, and raising over $32,000 for Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank. Teams from Manitoulin Transport, Navistar, Bison Transport, Trailer Wizards, [...]