Waupaca, WI: Kenworth Truck Company continues to sponsor Trucker Buddy International with their financial support. As one of the longest major donors of the program, Kenworth has assisted in helping Trucker Buddy grow and to bring more drivers into classrooms around the world. "Kenworth was one of the first manufacturers to recognize the value in helping a program that promotes a positive image of truck drivers to the non-trucking public," said Ellen Voie, outgoing

Executive Director of the program. "Without the confidence of those corporations that believe in our efforts, we could not continue to match drivers with the students who learn from them, and who think they are heroes," Voie added. "Kenworth Truck Company is proud to continue its support of the Trucker Buddy program," said Gary Moore, Kenworth assistant general manager for marketing and sales. "The participating, volunteer Trucker Buddies serve as excellent goodwill ambassadors for the trucking industry in working with school children to enhance their educational experience."

Kenworth Truck Company, a division of PACCAR Inc, is a leading manufacturer of heavy and medium duty trucks. Kenworth is the recipient of the 2005 J.D. Power and Associates awards for Highest in Customer Satisfaction for both Over the Road Segment and Pickup and Delivery
Segment Class 8 Trucks, and for Heavy Duty Dealer Service. Kenworth is also the recipient of the 2005 J.D. Power and Associates awards for Highest in Customer Satisfaction in the Medium Duty Conventional Truck Segment and for Medium Duty Dealer Service. Kenworth's Internet home
page is at www.kenworth.com . Kenworth. The World's Best. Trucker Buddy continues to grow and has become more than a national program. Drivers in Canada, Mexico, Northern Ireland and other countries correspond with students from as far away as Saudi Arabia, Japan and other nations.

For more information about the Trucker Buddy program or to become a sponsor, visit www.truckerbuddy.org or call 1-800-MY BUDDY.

Trucker Buddy International, Inc.
P O Box 527
Waupaca WI 54981
800-MY BUDDY