Helping out a trucker: 5 charities worth considering

As has been noted numerous times before, the lifestyle of the truck driver is not for everyone. Once glamorized in movies and television shows, few kids now grow up wanting to be a truck driver, and that is contributing to the lack of drivers in the industry. Pay scale, time away from home, and other reasons contribute as well, but the ultimate point is that truck drivers are often alone and away from home for days or even weeks at a time.