On Saturday, September 17, 2011, join the compassionate army of truck drivers as law enforcement escorts the World’s Largest Truck Convoy® fundraising event across the highways and byways to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics athletes and change attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities.

The Truck Convoy is a celebration of the trucking industry and its support of Special Olympics. It is a unique one-day celebration in which law enforcement makes special dispensation and escorts a convoy of trucks up to 30 miles through their town.

Truckers meet at a staging location and are escorted in convoy to a predetermined destination where they are welcomed by the Special Olympics community - athletes, families, friends, colleagues, law enforcement officers and the organizations that make up the trucking industry. A celebration is held to recognize participating truckers and the support of the trucking industry.

Inspired by the powerful impact Special Olympics had on his life through his participating in the Law Enforcement Torch Run®, combined with his family’s involvement with the trucking industry, Norm Schneiderhan, a Corporal with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, created the Truck Convoy, a one-day celebration of the trucking industry to help raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics.

Visit www.somt.org for more information on the Truck Convoy in Montana.