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Charles White
Vice President, Brands & Marketing
(717) 964-3642
Paulette Battenfelder
Regional Executive Director, Make-A-Wish Foundation
(717) 283-4872
RoadPro® Family of Brands sponsors truck convoy for Make-A-Wish® Philadelphia, Northern Delaware & Susquehanna Valley on Mother’s Day
Palmyra, PA (April 24, 2015) – The RoadPro® Family of Brands will sponsor a convoy of approximately 400 trucks that will roll through Lancaster County, Pa., on May 10 as part of the 26th Annual Mother’s Day Truck Convoy fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, Northern Delaware & Susquehanna Valley.
This is the first year the RoadPro Family of Brands will be the Presenting Sponsor of the Mother’s Day Truck Convoy, the largest fundraiser for the local chapter of Make-A-Wish, which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.
“Make-A-Wish does wonderful work and sponsoring the Mother’s Day Truck Convoy is a chance to help the charity fulfill the dreams of local families contending with the illness of a child,” said Chuck White, Vice President, Brands & Marketing, DAS Companies, Inc. “We are honored to partner with them.”
The Mother’s Day Truck Convoy will be held at Burle Business Park, 1000 New Holland Ave., Lancaster, Pa., on May 10. The celebration, which begins at 8:30 a.m., includes a live auction, games, food and entertainment. The convoy will leave the business park at 1:30 p.m. and travel to Ephrata, Pa., and back, a spectacle that will be viewed by thousands who line roads and overpasses along the route.
The Mother’s Day Truck Convoy began in 1990 with a request from a boy named Matt who asked Make-A-Wish if he could ride in an 18-wheeler and talk to his sister on a CB radio. More than 40 trucks and drivers showed up to grant that wish and the Mother’s Day Truck Convoy was born. In 2003, it set the Guinness World Record for Longest Truck Convoy with 288 trucks, a record it smashed the next year with 391 vehicles. The number of trucks and drivers participating has grown every year.
“Make-A-Wish is delighted to partner with the RoadPro Family of Brands for this year’s Mother’s Day Truck Convoy, which has become one of Lancaster County’s most popular fundraisers,” said Paulette Battenfelder, Regional Executive Director, Make-A-Wish Foundation. “RoadPro’s participation will help us grow this amazing event.”
For more information, please visit the Mother’s Day Truck Convoy official website.
About RoadPro® Brands
RoadPro Brands is a division of DAS Companies, Inc. It designs and manages the proprietary RoadPro Family of Brands, distinctly created to bring the comforts of home to the road. With truck & auto supplies, travel gear, and mobile electronics, our brands offer safety, convenience, comfort and connectedness to on-the-go consumers. The RoadPro Family of Brands delivers product quality at a great value—distributed exclusively through DAS divisions. The RoadPro Family of Brands includes; RoadKing®, Wilson®, MobileSpec®, PowerDrive®, RoadPro®, K40, Astatic®, Francis®, LUMAgear®, BlackCanyon Outfitters, and Ninja Odor Fighters. RoadPro brands are sold at most Travel Centers across the country. To learn more about the RoadPro Family of Brands, please visit www.RoadProBrands.com.
About DAS Companies, Inc.
DAS Companies, Inc. is a full-service marketing and supply chain portfolio company. Privately held, DAS Companies, Inc., designs, imports, and distributes truck & auto supplies, travel gear, and mobile electronics that offer safety, convenience, comfort and connectedness to on-the-go consumers, through a series of channel partnerships, including: Travel Centers, Convenience Stores, Heavy Duty Trucking, Electronics & Specialty Retailers.
For further information, please contact DAS at 717-964-3642 or online at www.DASinc.com.
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