Truck Driving Students and Faculty Spread Holiday Cheer

Every year Southeast Technical truck driving students and faculty give their time and talents to deliver toys for various holiday events. Earlier this month, Truck Driving Instructor Thomas Gierok delivered 2,900 shoe boxes full of goodies and necessities to a La Crosse distribution center. Through Operation Christmas Child these items will be distributed worldwide to children in Haiti, Africa, South America and parts of Asia. "Without the help of your program we could not pull off this project," said Doug Hinrichs, local coordinator for Operation Christmas Child.

Next week truck driving students and faculty will deliver Toys for Tots to the distribution site on the Southeast Technical Winona Campus in Tandeski. The very next day two trucks will head off into separate directions loaded with toys and clothing to deliver to the Santee Souix reservation in Nebraska and the Crow Creek Indian reservation in South Dakota.