ATA Member Carrier Gordon Trucking Helps Find Missing Children

"The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reports that 1 in 6 children are successfully recovered due to the public viewing a picture," said Washington State Patrol Missing Persons Unit Manager Luci Stewart. "Because people spend so much of their lives in their vehicles, this was naturally a great way to reach them."

Washington State has approximately 1,800 missing children cases at any given time, and on a national level about 1.3 million children go missing each year. The Washington State Patrol hopes to work with neighboring states to expand the Homeward Bound Program as soon as possible.

"Since the program's beginning, three children that the state patrol featured on our trailers have been found alive," said Gordon. "Although the State Patrol cannot directly attribute this success to the posters, Gordon Trucking's involvement in the program has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my professional career."

For more information please visit the Washington State Patrol's Web site at www.wsp.wa.gov, and search for the Homeward Bound Program.

Gordon Trucking Inc. (GTI), based in Pacific, Washington, was founded in 1946. The family-owned company earned the Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay Excellence Award in 2009 for their efforts to maximize fuel efficiencies while moving freight. This is the second consecutive year GTI earned the award.

The American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations, ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the United States.

SOURCE American Trucking Associations

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