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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Imagine receiving a phone call that your daughter has disappeared. Now imagine search efforts being called off and three months going by without any trace of her. Do you start to lose hope? For the Bobo family, the answer is no.
Their 20-year-old daughter Holly disappeared on April 13th, 2011 from their Tennessee home. The nursing student was reported missing by her brother Clint when he saw her being led into the woods near their house by a man in hunting attire. At first, her brother assumed that it was her boyfriend, but when he found traces of blood, he became worried.
As the weeks passed on, search parties were called off, only finding Holly’s lunchbox and a few other items belonging to her. The state approved a $50,000 reward, which is now up to $85,000 due to the family’s efforts, for the safe return of Holly. Unfortunately, with over 300 credible leads, the man who took Holly is still unknown.
One day shy of her April 13th disappearance three months ago, Holly’s family launched the Holly Bobo Across America Campaign.
According to fleetowner.com, the campaign idea began when a woman who was friends with Amerawear Corp. owner Steve Hinson on Facebook, mentioned the idea of placing Holly’s picture on tractor trailers since they travel across the country and could reach a greater audience as well as provoke greater search efforts.
The idea took off and several truck decals and car window clings featuring Holly were sold to over a hundred trucking companies who wanted to help the cause.
You can help too by adding a decal to your fleet.
Truck decals cost $25.50 plus tax and shipping and are 2×3 feet while window clings measure 8×10 in. and are $5.50 plus tax and shipping (http://fleetowner.com/management/news/family-truckers-help-tennessee-0720/).
Items can be purchased via phone at 866-363-1140 (Steve Hinson). Those writing checks can send it to:
First Bank
Attn: Rebecca
450 Tennessee Ave.
South Parsons, TN 38363
Checks are asked to be made out to “Holly Bobo Across America.”
Road Scholar Transport continues to spread awareness, not only for Holly Bobo, but for charities/foundations all across the country through our 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign. Road Scholar Transport has several tractor trailers dedicated to spreading awareness and finding a cure for many diseases such cancer, autism, cystic fibrosis, and more, including other trucks for anti-bullying, Flight 93 and the American Red Cross. Learn more about the campaign at www.roadscholarawareness.org and get involved by keeping the freight moving at www.roadscholar.com.
If you like what Road Scholar is doing, be sure to become a friend of ours on Facebook at http://facebook.com/roadscholartransport88 to see events where our awareness trucks will be at.
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, Amerawear Corp, American Red Cross, anti-bullying, autism, awareness campaign, cancer, Clint Bobo, cystic fibrosis, disappearance, facebook, First Bank, flight 93, freight, Holly Bobo, Holly Bobo Across America Campaign, missing woman, nursing student, road scholar transport, Steve Hinson, stop bullying, Tennessee, truck decal, truck driver, window cling
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
They are both on a mission to help find a cure for diseases such as prostate cancer, blindness, and breast cancer.
Starting this Friday, July 8th up until the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 12, the Arizona Diamondbacks and MLB will be holding a series of events to raise money for various causes.
According to a MLB press release found at mlb.com, the league will be hosting the following events:
Friday, July 8
- Challenger-Champions Game @ Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ
- Jr. RBI Classic Opening Ceremonies @ Salt River Fields in Talking Stick, Scottsdale, AZ
- Starlight Fun Center Dedication @ St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Saturday, July 9
- MLB All-Star Project with Rebuilding Together @ Arizona State Veteran Home, Phoenix, AZ
Monday, July 11
- MLB All-Star Arizona Diamondbacks Branch A Kieckhefer Family Legacy at the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix @ Phoenix, AZ
- MLB All-Star Arizona Diamondbacks Vision Center for Innovation at the Foundation for Blind Children @ Phoenix, AZ
Tuesday, July 12
- American Legion Post 41 Viewing Party @ Phoenix, AZ
All proceeds will be donated with $5 million going towards well-known and local charities including “Stand Up To Cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Arizona State Veteran Home and the Foundation for Blind Children” (http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110706&content_id=21485280&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb).
Road Scholar Transport believes in giving back as well, which is why we created the 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, in which we vowed to travel 10 million miles spreading awareness for various charities/organizations through our rolling billboards. Like the MLB, Road Scholar is helping raise awareness for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Prostate Cancer Foundation, American Foundation for the Blind, and many more. Check out Road Scholar’s awareness campaign at www.roadscholarawareness.org.
You can help Road Scholar and the MLB on their mission towards a cure by helping to keep the freight moving so we can continue to spread awareness. Visit www.roadscholar.com to learn more about Road Scholar’s LTL and truckload services and to get a quote today.
What do you think about Road Scholar and the MLB’s initiative to raise money and awareness for these charities?
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure, All-Star Game, American Foundation for the Blind, Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona State Veteran Home, awareness campaign, awareness trucks, AZ, cancer, charities, D-backs, Foundation for Blind Children, ltl, Major League Baseball, MLB, Phoenix, Prostate Cancer Foundation, road scholar transport, Stand Up to Cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, truckload
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
From highchairs to car seats to strollers and even nursing pillows, researchers found that 80% of baby products contain flame retardants that can lead to serious health problems including cancer.
With no standard from their own states, most manufacturers producing baby products abide by the 1975 California safety rule that “requires polyurethane foam in upholstered furniture to be able to withstand an open flame for 12 seconds without catching fire,” an article in The NY Times notes, and with flame retardants being the most cost efficient way to go, it is not wonder that most products contain them.
At the same time, the rule restricts exposure to substances that are considered dangerous to children, the article explains.
So poses the question, do children actually absorb the flame retardants making up these products?
That answer has yet to be determined but looking at the fact that “toddlers have levels of flame retardants in their bodies three times higher than adults,” mainly due to the fact that children put their fingers in their mouth, it would not come as a surprise if the answer is yes (http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/babies/story/2011/05/Toxic-flame-retardants-found-in-80-of-baby-products/47268922/1).
According to The NY Times, a recent study found the chemical chlorinated tris, a carcinogen, to be in 1/3 of products tested, as well as TCEP, another carcinogen, in several nursing pillows.
All together, researchers distinguished a minimum of “eight different flame-retarding chemicals” in various baby accessories (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=chemical-flame-retardants-lace-baby-products).
But there is a bright side to all of this. The majority of products in the study were manufactured in 2002 or earlier. Since then, many manufacturers chose to eliminate flame retardants from their products. This includes companies such as Boppy and Baby Bjorn.
And with California’s safety rule changing to eliminate certain baby items from their list of products that need to coincide with fire safety standards, researchers believe that a lower risk would be found when testing today’s baby products.
Road Scholar Transport is involved in the effort to keep our children and babies safe. That’s why we have several brightly-colored tractor trailers dedicated to awareness campaigns including The Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation, Autism Speaks, Stop Bullying, Children’s Tumor Foundation, and many more.
Help spread awareness by booking your freight today at www.roadscholar.com.
Do you feel that flame retardants should be permanently banned in products?
Tags: Autism Speaks, Baby Bjorn, baby products, Boppy, california, cancer, car seat, carcinogen, chemicals, Children’s Tumor Foundation, flame retardants, freight, highchair, manufacturers, nursing pillow, NY Times, road scholar transport, safety standards, stop bullying, stroller, TCEP, The Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
A recent study conducted by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found coffee to have a significant impact on a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer throughout their life.
Women who had the disease, along with women who did not, were compared based on age and lifestyle, among other components.
According to results, coffee consumption was found to reduce the risk of antiestrogen-resistant estrogen-receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer, one of two subtypes of the disease (the other being estrogen receptor ER-positive) in women that drink coffee on a regular basis as opposed to those who rarely consume it, according to an article in Medical News Today.
The relationship between coffee and the risk of developing breast cancer has been examined in the past. German studies, for example, have discovered a similar correlation but at less significant decrease. Researchers believe this may be due to a different type of coffee bean or how it was made.
Regardless, the study gives women one more reason to have coffee start their day.
Road Scholar Transport is on the road making women aware of breast cancer and to take measures in preventing it with our Breast Cancer Awareness trucks.
Delivering freight and making appearances at events across the nation, Road Scholar’s Breast Cancer Awareness trucks are providing hope that one day a cure will be found.
Family, friends, and survivors gather around the 80,000 lb tractor trailer, writing their messages of hopes on the truck itself to spread word of the most common cancer affecting women.
View Road Scholar’s Messages of Hope video by clicking here and join the fight by visiting www.roadscholar.com today and moving your freight.
Tags: -resistant estrogen-receptor (ER)-negative, awareness trucks, breast cancer, cancer, coffee, estrogen receptor ER-positive, freight, Karolinska Institute, messages of hope, road scholar transport, Sweden, tractor-trailer, video
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Dogs have been credited with their ability to detect cancer in humans. But why can’t humans do the same?
Professor H. Haick and researchers at Technion wondered the same thing, creating an artificial nose they claim has the ability of sniffing out different types of cancer.
In a study which analyzed the breathe of 80 individuals (both healthy and diagnosed with cancer) the NA-NOSE (Nanoscale Artificial Nose) was able to clearly differentiate which subjects had head, neck and lung cancer, as well as which were healthy, an article in medicalnewstoday.com notes.
According to researchers, this new innovation can be more reliable, quicker, and cost effective than current diagnostic tools, and with further research, has the potential of being used as a screening method, the site explains.
Head and neck cancer is currently the eight most common form of cancer, and with little screening methods, often left undiagnosed and untreated, which can lead to cancer spreading further into the body. NA-NOSE hopes to put an end to this.
So how does NA-NOSE work?
Researchers explain that their artificial nose “uses an array of five gold nanoparticle sensors and computer algorithms to detect patterns of volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath…” being “1,000 times more sensitive…than most of the current state of the art sensors” (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/222919.php).
Although further trials need to be conducted before NA-NOSE can be confirmed and used as a proper diagnostic and screening tool, Road Scholar Transport is continuing its initiative to help spread awareness and save lives with its 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign.
Road Scholar sponsors various charities/foundations for all types of cancer including those that affect children (Alex’s Lemonade Stand and The Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation), women (The American Breast Cancer Foundation), men (Prostate Cancer Awareness), or both (Pancreatic Cancer Action Network). Get involved and help spread the word to get checked by keeping the freight moving at www.roadscholar.com.
What do you think of Professor Haick and his researchers’ invention? Do you think there needs to be more advanced screening methods for cancer than an artificial nose?
Road Scholar Transport
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, Alex’s Lemonade Stand, algorithms, artificial nose, awareness campaign, awareness trucks, breath, cancer, cancer detection, charities, dog, foundations, freight, NA-NOSE, nanoparticle sensors, Nanoscale Artificial Nose, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Professor Haick, Prostate Cancer Awareness, road scholar transport, Technion, The American Breast Cancer Foundation, The Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
One of the largest earthquakes recorded hit Japan last Friday, triggering off a series of catastrophic events and leading to countries around the world stepping in to help. But are we the ones who are going to need help next?
According to naturalnews.com, experts have ranked the radioactive disaster in Japan a level six out of seven on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), with seven demonstrating that “widespread environmental and health effects are to be expected.”
As of right now, a threat to the world’s food supply is posed and officials expect radioactive particles to reach the Pacific Ocean any day now, the site notes.
These particles, the article explains, can get “caught in the jet stream and travel the world over,” being inhaled by species or attaching to raindrops and embedding in the soil, contaminating crops and drinking water.
This radiation poses a definite cancer risk even in the slightest amounts with children being the most vulnerable.
It is important for everyone to be aware of the risks of cancer and ways to prevent it by following experts’ advice as they continue to access the situation in Japan and around the world. Road Scholar Transport will continue spreading awareness with our cancer awareness trailers. Visit www.roadscholarawareness.org to learn more.
Tags: awareness trucks, cancer, cancer risk, earthquake, INES, International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scare, Japan, Pacific Ocean, radiation, radioactive particles, road scholar transport, world food supply
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
-Make a Wish Foundation was established in 1980 with the purpose of granting wishes to those children with 
life-threatening medical conditions
-The first wish was made by 7-year-old Christopher James Greicius, who wanted to be a police officer. Christopher who was diagnosed with leukemia, had his wish granted on April 29, 1980 when he flew in a Department of Public Safety helicopter, was sworn in as the first honorary DPS patrolman in Arizona state history, and even had a DPS uniform made especially for him
-The first “official” wish granted through the Foundation was made for Frank “Bopsy” Salazar, who wanted to go to Disney World
Visit http://www.wish.org/ to find out everything you need to know about the Make a Wish Foundation.
Here are a few facts provided by the website:
Eligibility
-Must be between the ages of 2 1/2 and 18
years old
-Must be referred
-Must have a life-threatening medical condition acknowledged by a physician
-Must not have received a wish before through Make a Wish or any other organization
Statistics
-Every 40 minutes a wish is granted
-25% of wishes are to visit Disney World, making it the #1 wish
-As of March 2009, the average cost of a wish was $7,362
-In 2009, the Foundation granted more wishes than it did in any previous year; that of 13,465 children
-Over 75% of donations go towards granting a child’s wish
Ways to Get Involved
-Donate
-Monetary
-Treasures
-Frequent Flier Miles
-Shop to Help
-Adopt a Wish
-Volunteer
Road Scholar Transport Awareness Program
As part of its 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, Road Scholar created a Make-A-Wish trailer in order to help spread awareness for the Foundation. The blue trailer features a young Make-a-Wish participant surrounded by stars showing that when you wish upon a star, dreams really do come true.
Tags: adopt a wish, Arizona, awareness program, awareness truck, cancer, children’s cancer, Christopher James Greicius, Disney World, eligibility, frequent flier miles, leukemia, Make a Wish Foundation, road scholar transport, statistics
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Once again, Road Scholar Transport has expanded its Awareness Campaign efforts by introducing its newest addition…the Rock on Judi H trailer benefitting the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute.
The new trailer was created in memory of Judi H, musician Paul LaBelle’s niece who passed away from breast cancer in 2007 at the age of 45. LaBelle started the Rock On Judi H campaign, selling $20 raffle tickets featuring a chance to win a one-of-a-kind Pink Lady Guitar, created and autographed by renowned guitar maker Paul Reed Smith. All proceeds from the sales were donated to the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute in Judi’s memory.
Road Scholar Transport jumped in to get involved, helping to sell tickets as well as creating an awareness trailer to continue to spread breast cancer awareness nationwide. The trailer features Judi’s picture along with the Pink Lady Guitar.
The Rock on Judi H trailer joins the other awareness trailers, becoming the fourth to promote breast cancer awareness. Other cancer trailers include:
Alex’s Lemonade
American Breast Cancer Foundation
Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation
Children’s Tumor Foundation
Prostate Cancer Awareness
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN)
Get involved and help spread awareness by keeping the freight moving. Go to www.roadscholar.com and request a rate today!
Tags: Alex’s Lemonade, American Breast Cancer Foundation, awareness campaign, awareness trucks, breast cancer, cancer, Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation, Children’s Tumor Foundation, freight, musician, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, PANCAN, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Paul LaBelle, Paul Reed Smith, Pink Lady Guitar, Prostate Cancer Awareness, rate, road scholar transport, Rock On Judi H, trailer
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
A recent study conducted at Clemson University found raspberries to be more effective than antioxidants in killing 
cancer.
According to naturalnews.com, researchers compared the extract from the popular brand Meeker red raspberries to a vitamin C solution, finding that although the vitamin C solution contained a greater number of antioxidants, raspberries were “eight times more effective” in destroying cancer cells.
Why is this? Because raspberries contain substances other than antioxidants that are better anti-cancer agents, especially in breast cancer cells where antioxidants are only “half as effective as raspberries,” the site notes. These substances are yet to be determined.
The study concluded that “raspberry extracts successfully destroyed about 90 percent of stomach, colon, and breast cancer cells” (http://www.naturalnews.com/031272_cancer_raspberries_power.html).
Let’s kill off the other 10% by spreading awareness like Road Scholar is doing with our 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, spreading awareness for organizations including The American Breast Cancer Foundation, Alex’s Lemonade, and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, Alex’s Lemonade, antioxidents, awareness, breast cancer, cancer, Clemson University, colon cancer, Meeker raspberries, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, raspberries, researchers, road scholar transport, stomach cancer, study, The American Breast Cancer Foundation, vitamin C
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
Staying warm during the winter months and saving money while doing so may come at a higher price than you think.
Those looking to cut back on expensive heating bills are turning towards wood-burning fireplaces and stoves as their source of heat. But besides heat, what else are individuals’ getting? Try lung cancer and heart disease.
According Fox News, a recent study conducted at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark found that invisible particles given off by burned wood and inhaled led to heart disease and cancer when entering the deep part of the lungs, compared to air that did not contain particles. Not only that, but the danger in breathing in burned wood particles was “equivalent to inhaling car exhaust”(http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/02/07/wood-stoves-cause-cancer-heart-disease/).
Maybe you’re one of those people who enjoy having a fireplace, not only for warmth but for display as well. Well then why not try getting an electric fireplace with fake wood that has a realistic representation to it? If not, Fox News suggests burning small pieces dry wood in a well ventilated room.
Help reduce the risks of cancer by keeping informed and helping to spread awareness like Road Scholar Transport does with our 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign. Visit www.roadscholarawareness.org for more information.
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, awareness trucks, cancer, Denmark, fireplace, heart disease, heat, lung cancer, particles, road scholar transport, stove, University of Copenhagen, wood
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