On December 13, Cedar Rapids-based trucking company West Side Transport recognized truck driver Thornton Dixon for five million miles driven without an accident. West Side Transport hosted an event at the company’s Cedar Rapids headquarters to formally recognize Dixon for his remarkable safety achievement. Dixon has been in trucking for fifty years and has driven
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Especially for You Receives $10,000 Grant
It s another case of the community s corporate and charitable leaders working together.
Almost everyone has been touched by cancer in their lives and CBS2 reports that in that spirit, West Side Transport has awarded its annual Convoy for a Cure grant to Cedar Rapids
Especially for You Race Against Breast Cancer (EFY). It s given every year to an organization making a difference in raising awareness of cancer and other causes in the community, starting back in 2017 with Gems of Hope.
A West Side Transport spokesperson told CBS2 that EFY had been chosen for its annual award this year in part because several of its employees had either battled cancer or had loved ones who fought it. It seemed a natural fit, for many reasons, not the least of which included EFY being one of the largest and most visible charity organizations and fundraisers in the community, that was among many having to significantly scale back its activities this past