Time to put best foot forward in GATS Health Awareness Walk

The 61+ Health Awareness Walk is celebrating its third year as the first of its kind fitness event for the trucking industry.

The Trucker News Services

8/7/2012

DALLAS — The entire trucking industry is invited to join their fellow drivers, along with The Trucking Solutions Group for the 61+ Health Awareness Walk at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 24 at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.

The 61+ Health Awareness Walk is a fun, noncompetitive 1.5-mile indoor course for anyone in the trucking industry who is thinking about getting fit, wanting to stay healthy or looking for tips to enhance their workouts.

The 61+ Health Awareness Walk is celebrating its third year as the first of its kind fitness event for the trucking industry. There is no cost, but registration is required at www.truckingsolutionsgroup.org. Registrants will receive walk packets and T-shirts (while supplies last) with health information and giveaways. Walkers will meet in Room D168 of the Dallas Convention Center beginning at 8 a.m.

In addition, the Trucking Solutions Group will also be conducting its annual blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross and Randall Reilly on all three days of the show. The blood drive will be held in Booth No. 21038 .

Hours for the blood drive are on Thursday, Aug. 23 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, Aug. 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Those attending the show at the Dallas Convention Center are invited to stop in and donate with no appointment needed.

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Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood, which creates the need for 38,000 blood donations every day. Less than 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood making the goal of 38,000 donations per day a daunting challenge. Because blood cannot be manufactured, the American Red Cross depends on the generosity of its donors to maintain their supply.

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