After a year as pen pals, Akron second-graders meet their ‘Trucker Buddy’

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{"text":"This school year, a class of second-graders at Akron's St. Matthew Parish School has been pen pals with a Walmart truck driver, who sends them stories and photos from his travels.\n\n\nOn Wednesday morning, the eager students finally met their \"Trucker Buddy,\" Todd Fisher, in person and saw the truck where he spends days at a time on the road.\n\n\n\"Everything goes by a truck,\" Fisher explained to the class. \"Everything you guys get has to get delivered by a truck.\"\n\n\nTeacher Monica Denowski's class is part of Trucker Buddy International, which pairs up teachers and drivers to teach children about the trucking industry and highway safety.\n\n\nBoth Fisher and Denowski found Trucker Buddy, which matched them up at the beginning of this school year, by chance. Denowski read about the organization in a teacher magazine.\n\n\nRead more: https://www.ohio.com/news/20190508/after-year-as-pen-pals-akron-second-graders-meet-their-trucker-buddy ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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