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““With education comes power, and with power comes change. Great Dane is a large supporter of our trucking community and educating our workforce on the human trafficking issues that still loom in the US today. The Freedom Drivers Project helps equip more citizens with the knowledge and resources to help combat these issues.” ”
– Mark Oehlers, Human Resources, Great Dane at the Great Dane Brazil Employee Picnic
Regardless of the event, people who tour the exhibit are moved by the displays and artifacts.
““The Freedom Drivers Project is an awesome exhibit that pulls at your heart from the moment you walk in. The displays inside remind us of how human trafficking affects the most vulnerable of humanity and how each of us can play a role to provide ” freedom to those trapped by it.” – Lieutenant Monty Lovelace, Nebraska State Patrol
““There’s nothing like showing someone the facts and displays in the FDP and watching the facial expressions of disbelief of just how horrific this crime actually is ... to have a conversation on how we as males need to change the thought process. If we can stop the demand, we can stop the crime! This is someone’s child out there caught up in this. We need to do something now!”
– R o n V a n d e r m a r k , T A T A m” b a s s a d o r and UPS Freight driver
Two women working in the credit union at the Great Dane Brazil, Indiana plant were among the 135 volunteers who donated their time in 2019 to
work at the FDP.
““It’s troubling to learn the large scale of this issue. One statistic in there (the FDP) really spoke to me: a trucker recognized a trafficking situation and made one call that took down a 13-state trafficking ring. This speaks to the unique opportunity that truckers have to really eliminate this issue from society.” – Bill Dering, CFO BNSF ”
TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 19