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SCF and James Houston Chat with Hillbilly Radio Express
St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund and James Houston, winner of the Driven to Be Healthy Challenge, sit down with HiIllbilly Radio Express to discuss how the health challenge impacted James' life. SCF also has the opportunity to share our mission of ''saving lives...
Cause We Can Continues to Help Drivers with Benefit Breakfast
If you were at MATS and and visited the Cause We Can Cafe in the Papa John’s parking lot, you experienced one the best breakfast buffets in Louisville! The aroma of bacon could be smelled throughout the area. The MATS crew this year held a benefit breakfast to...
St. Christopher Fund Partners With Fastport
Certain medical conditions makedrivers ineligible to continue as an over-the-road trucker, they do not make the person unable to work. The SCF is partnering with Fastport to refer these persons to apprenticeship programs to be trained in other transportation jobs....
The Driven to Be Healthy Challenge Winners Are….
Driven to Be Healthy is a six month health challenge that is sponsored by SCF. Two professional truckers are awarded a Grand Prize at the end of the competition. Read about our winners, what motivates them and the keys to their success HERE.
Corporate Sponsors Continue to Make Impact in Lives of Truckers
Each week St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund receives applications from truckers that are experiencing life altering injuries or illnesses. Some drivers may have debilitating injuries while others have serious health problems such as a heart attack, stroke or...
Think You May Need a Sleep Study?
Many drivers go for their DOT physical and get the news that they need to have a sleep study completed before they can get back out on the road. This can be an extreme financial hardship for the driver and his/her family. A sleep study can help to determine whether...
Heart Attacks-They Don’t Just Happen to Men
At St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund every month, we work with truck drivers that have experienced the devastating effects of a heart attack. After a heart attack, the heart is very weak and that can cause several concerns for the body and its recovery. A good diet...
Truckers Relief Fund Vaccine Program Successful Once Again
Part of the mission of St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund is to provide programs that will benefit professional drivers and the trucking industry. For the second straight year the SCF has had a successful vaccine program. With sponsorship from National Association...
SCF Board Member and Driver, Rick Ash, Receives FREE Shingles Vaccine
I just got back from a walk over to my local Kroger grocery store (King Soopers here in Colorado). I went there to get my FREE shingles vaccination at the Little Clinic within the store. The Little Clinic was out of the vaccine but I was able to get it in the...
Driven To Be Healthy Mentor Participates in Wreaths Across America
Michael Blaker, a driver with Giltner and St. Christopher Fund Driven To Be Healthy Mentor, participated in the Wreaths Across America on Saturday, December 17th. Michael's truck is pictured in the background. Wreaths Across America is an is an opportunity to show...