Jacob Person has been selected as the March Trucker Buddy of the Month.

The Hammitt School in Normal, Illinois is a small day treatment program
for student K-8 of emotionally disturbed children. Five of the nine classes
in the school are now writing Jacob letters and sending pictures. Mr.
Person’s contact for the school is teacher Janet Puntoni and she says,
“He has been awesome with our students. He writes on a regular basis,
send postcards and little things for the students, but the thing that he
does that I feel is outstanding is that he always has a life lesson in his
letters. For Example he told the students that he won an award for safe
driving and he won it because he always follows his bosses directions,
he stated that they always need to follow the teachers directions and
they would be winners too.”

When Mr. Person who drivers for K & B Transportation accepted the
assignment of being the school’s Trucker Buddy he accepted an
unusually hard task because working with this students isn’t always
the easiest task but he has opened his heart to them and accepted
them just like they have accepted him.

Albert DeLos Santos of the Hammitt School told Trucker Buddy,
“Jacob has installed simple life lessons in his letters while focusing
on the growth and development of the children. Jacob repeatedly has
stopped by the school to display his truck while answering the
student's or questions even when they seem to have nothing to do
with Jacob his occupation! Jacob has been very understanding of our
type of population and their delayed writing abilities/deficiencies.
Jacob's participation in the Trucker Buddy Program is a blessing and
continues to be one of the key motivators for our children.
Thank you Jacob!”

When told of the recognition, Mr. Person said he was very excited
and thought this honor was one the greatest honors he has very been
awarded. Thank you Mr. Person for being our Trucker Buddy for the
month of March.