{"id":400,"date":"2019-09-25T18:26:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T18:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/?p=400"},"modified":"2019-09-26T00:08:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T00:08:13","slug":"5-drivers-win-big-during-averitts-ndaw-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/other-news\/2019\/09\/25\/5-drivers-win-big-during-averitts-ndaw-activities\/400\/","title":{"rendered":"5 drivers win big during Averitt&#8217;s NDAW activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>COOKEVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 <\/strong>Five lucky Averitt Express over-the-road drivers had their names drawn to be assigned brand-new 2020 Freightliners, highlighting the company\u2019s Driver Appreciation Week activities earlier this month.<br><br>The winners were Emil Ferino, a Tampa Truckload associate; DaQuan Pollard (Montgomery), Peggy Dear (New Orleans), Paul Bratcher (Clarksville) and Roger Craiger (Tri-Cities).<br>\u00a0<br>In addition to the drawing, the activities included cookouts and breakfasts, giveaways and other events. Every driver had their names entered into a daily prize drawing for wireless headsets, gift cards, CB radios, televisions and Ipads.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cDriver Appreciation Week is an important tradition for our team and it\u2019s one of the many ways that we\u2019re able to say \u2018thank you\u2019 for their efforts,\u201d Averitt chairman and CEO Gary Sasser said. \u201cOur driving force is the backbone of everything we do, and every week we\u2019re thankful for their professionalism, commitment to safety and dedication to delivering outstanding service.\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>Averitt is a multi-service provider in more than 100 locations throughout the United State with fleets ranging from regional over-the-road and dedicated to local pick-up and delivery and more. It has gained recognition as a Forbes Best Large Employer and numerous Quest for Quality awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_2114-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_2114-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_2114-1-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Averitt director of driver services David Broyles (L) and chairman\/CEO Gary Sasser stand with truck assignment winners (from left) Roger Craiger, Paul Bratcher, DaQuan Pollard, Emil Ferino and Peggy Dear.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COOKEVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 Five lucky Averitt Express over-the-road drivers had their names drawn to be assigned brand-new 2020 Freightliners, highlighting the company\u2019s Driver Appreciation Week activities earlier this month.The winners were Emil Ferino, a Tampa&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[162,160,161],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions\/415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiremaster.com\/trucking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}