TravelCenters of America LLC, operator of the TAยฎ and Petro Stopping Centersยฎ travel center brands, is now accepting nominations for the 2019 Citizen Drivers. The program,ย launched in 2013, is designed to recognize professional drivers who evoke public respect for the truck driving profession through good citizenship, safety, community involvement, health and wellness, and leadership.
Anyone โ fleet owners and executives, co-workers, friends, family members, trucking organization members, trucking industry customers โ may nominate a professional driver for the honour. Nominations will be accepted through September 30, 2018.
The 2019 Citizen Driver honorees will be announced at a special ceremony. Over the course of five years, there have been 31 Citizen Drivers and each have had the TA-Petro site of their choice named after them in their honour.
โWe always enjoy this time of year, when the nomination period opens in search for our next set of Citizen Drivers. We encourage everyone that knows or works with professional drivers to think about who stands out and nominate them. Itโs an honour, every year, to get to know the nominees and to read the stories that have made an impact on the people they interact with every day,โ said Barry Richards, President and COO of TravelCenters.
Nomination forms, rules and other information can be found at www.ta-petro.com/citizendriver.
The company said their industry-expert judging team had a difficult time narrowing down the 2018 nominees to a group of finalists, and eventually honorees. Five nominees became Citizen Drivers and had a TA or Petro location of their choice named for them. The signs will be changed at these locations and dedication ceremonies will take place over the coming weeks.
The ceremony dates and times are:
June 20, 6:30 p.m. โ Danny & Cindy George โ TA Wheat Ridge, CO โ โDanny & Cindy George Wheat Ridge Travel Centerโ
June 22, 1:00 p.m. โ Ingrid R. Brown โ Petro Oklahoma City, OK โ โIngrid R. Brown Oklahoma City Stopping Centerโ
July 6, 1:00 p.m. โ Carol Wolder-Nixon โ TA North Bend, WA โ โCarol Wolder-Nixon North Bend Travel Centerโ
July 7, 1:00 p.m. โ Roland Bolduc โ TA Branford, CT โ โRoland Bolduc Branford Travel Centerโ
TravelCenters congratulates all of the 2018 Citizen Drivers once again.
