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As Thanksgiving approaches, most of the supply chain prepares to shut down. Brokers close their laptops. Dispatchers clock out at 5 PM. Shippers lock up the warehouse. Mechanics shut the shop doors and head home. They get to sit at the table with their families, enjoy turkey, watch football, laugh with their kids, and catch up with loved ones. But thousands of truck drivers won’t. Many will spend Thanksgiving alone, parked at a truck stop, far from home, eating whatever food they can find, often unpaid while waiting for their next load. No family dinner. No warm gathering. No break. While we celebrate, they keep moving, through rain, snow, darkness, and long empty highways, so shelves stay stocked, businesses stay running, and we have what we need to enjoy our holidays. This year, let’s remember the men and women behind the wheel. Let’s appreciate the workers who do the hard, overlooked, and unglamorous part of this industry. Let’s commit to making trucking better, safer, fairer, and more human. If you’d like to get to know the people behind the steering wheel, their stories, passions, sacrifices, humor, and dreams, follow Chris Kuna Drive across social platforms. To all drivers working today, tomorrow, and every day: Thank you. We see you. We appreciate you. Happy Thanksgiving.