March 2009 Trucker Buddy of the Month is Candy Bass.

Candy Bass with Marten Transport has a class that is a Special Olympics swim team from Central City Nebraska called the Diggin’ Dolphins. Their unusual name was chosen because some of the athletes were playing volleyball as well as swimming. The “Diggin Dolphins” are now also involved in bowling and track.

Candy first met Kathy Siemon and her son Craig at the Truckers Convoy for Special Olympics in 2005 and a friendship was immediately formed. After getting the okay for this unusual class, the pen pal relationship blossomed. Most recently Candy has not been able to get to see them but she has been sending many different things from the states she has travelled, post cards, brochures, t-shirts, hats and the list goes on and on. One of her more recent special gifts were t-shirts for the swim team that all say “Trucker Pal” on them.
Candy had begun to send hats from Marten Transport to the wounded soldier’s hospital in Ft Sam’s Houston, Texas and then she got the idea send funds to Kathy and to have her purchase hats and have the two of Craig’s workshops do creative signs on the hats for the recovering soldiers. One idea was to put a hand print on the hat to give the soldiers a “High 5”

Candy is just an amazing person, always thinking of someone else, and especially thinking of “Special People” Craig is unable to write, but he wanted to make sure Kathy tells us that “He just loves Candy !!!” and that she should be chosen as the Driver of the Month.

Candy is the Special Trucker Buddy Driver of the Month for March.