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Honorary Truck Driver * USA - 12-year-old becomes truck driver for a day
The company’s truck drivers established the program to provide rides, gifts and assistance to children and adults with chronic medical conditions
Auburn,ALA,USA -OANow, by Beverly Harvey -June 27, 2008: -- On Friday afternoon, 12-year-old Paul Liu landed his first job — as an honorary truck driver for Wal-Mart... The rising fifth-grader rode in the cab of the big rig with his parents and full-time Wal-Mart truck driver, John Simpson, on a drive around the parking lot at Sam’s Club in Auburn... It was the first time Paul — who was all smiles throughout his brief journey — had ridden in a tractor-trailer... It was also the first time the volunteer program Wal-Mart Heart came to the local Sam’s Club since it opened in January. The company’s truck drivers established the program to provide rides, gifts and assistance to children and adults with chronic medical conditions... During the ride, Paul, who has cerebral palsy, helped Simpson change one of the truck’s 10 gears and helped to hold the steering wheel... (Photo by Beverly Harvey/Opelika-Auburn News: Mei-lei Wang, left, climbs up into the cab of the Wal-Mart tractor-trailer with her 12-year-old son, Paul Liu, center, and Wal-Mart truck driver John Simpson on Friday) Labels: honorary truck drivers
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