SCF Highway To Hope

In our final segment on our three-part series covering the value of short-term disability coverage for professional drivers, Mark Ballard returns to the podcast to discuss how accident coverage can be beneficial when it comes to on-the-job injuries. Mark is the the Program Director with Trucker’s Healthcare, and he is an expert in the field of short-term disability coverage. SCF Director of...

For the second episode in our three-part series on the value of short-term disability insurance for professional drivers, SCF’s Highway To Hope will feature the expert perspective of Mark Ballard. As the Program Director with Trucker’s Healthcare, Mark holds a depth of knowledge on short-term disability insurance and how this type of coverage can provide a tremendous amount of value fo...

In the first episode of our three-part series examining the importance of securing short-term disability coverage as a professional driver, we will meet Kyle, who became a SCF beneficiary after a medical emergency took him off the road for an extended period of time. Kyle shares his story with SCF Highway To Hope Podcast host Shannon Currier, who is also the organization’s Director of Philan...

In the final episode of our six-part series discussing how to improve your financial health, we explore having the right insurance coverages in place and the other considerations that factor into establishing the foundational pillars of how you want to build your financial house. While there are some constants in everyone’s planning, the way people choose to construct the foundation of a financial...

During the fifth installment of our six-part series focusing on financial health, the SCF Highway To Hope highlights the importance and value of securing life insurance coverage. Podcast host Shannon Currier, the Director of Philanthropy for SCF, talks once again to New York Life agent Sarah Collen. As you’ll hear through this episode of the podcast, life insurance is a key element to have i...

For the fourth episode in our six-part series on financial health, we focus our attention on taking the necessary steps to establish a financial protection layer with insurance. New York Life agent Sarah Collen will discuss a variety of insurance coverages with SCF Director of Philanthropy Shannon Currier, who is your host for the SCF Highway To Hope Podcast. As you’ll hear, Sarah and Shanno...

In the third episode of our six-part series looking at ways to improve our overall financial health, the SCF Highway To Hope will place a focus on the construction of your Financial House. New York Life agent Sarah Collen introduces listeners to the concept of the financial house, including the key elements that are needed to build a strong foundation. SCF Director of Philanthropy Shannon Currier...

With the second episode in our six-part series exploring the importance of your financial health, we place the focus on understanding the value of financial planning. Podcast host Shannon Currier, the Director of Philanthropy for the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund, talks with New York Life agent Sarah Collen. In this segment, Shannon and Sarah discuss the importance of creating and following...

With the first episode in a six-part series, the SCF Highway To Hope Podcast begins to take a detailed look at the concept of Financial Health. Podcast host Shannon Currier, who serves as the Director of Philanthropy for SCF, is joined on the series by Sarah Collen, who is an agent of New York Life. As you will hear in Part 1 of the series, Shannon and Sarah provide an overview that examines the o...

The final edition of our Artist Interview Series ahead of the Highway To Hope Benefit Concert taking place on Saturday, April 22, will feature Part 2 of our conversation with Lindsay Lawler, who will be one of the featured artists for the SCF benefit show at Cotton Eyed Joe’s in Knoxville, Tenn. During this portion of the interview, SCF Podcast host Shannon Currier talks to Lindsay about her growt...

he Highway To Hope Benefit Concert is happening on Saturday, April 22 at Cotton Eyed Joe’s in Knoxville, Tenn. As part of our final countdown to the show, our concert artist podcast series presents Part 1 of our interview with Lindsay Lawler, who will be one of the featured performers at the show. In Part 1, SCF Podcast host Shannon Currier catches up with Lindsay, who, in addition to her accompli...

In Part 2 of our conversation with rising country artist Levi Hummon ahead of the April 22 Highway To Hope Benefit Concert, we spend some time exploring Levi’s songwriting influences. As we shared in Part 1, Levi is the son of Grammy-winning songwriter Marcus Hummon. In Part 2, Levi talks about the impactful community work that his mother, the Rev. Becca Stevens, has done in the Nashville area and...

The Highway To Hope Benefit Concert is just around the corner and we have the first of four special artist series podcast episodes that we will be sharing with you. To kick things off, we have the first segment of a two-part interview with Levi Hummon, a rising country music artist who will be headlining our Highway To Hope Benefit Concert event on April 22. Levi joins the podcast to talk about wh...

We’re opening the 2023 season of the SCF Highway To Hope Podcast by highlighting a new program being sponsored by Driver Solutions that is designed to get professional drivers to take the first steps toward better fitness. Sydney Cox, the Digital Marketing Coordinator for Driver Solutions, joins us for this episode to discuss The Truck Driver Step Challenge, a new program that encourages professio...

For this edition of the SCF Highway to Hope Podcast, we will be focusing on our Rigs Without Cigs program as we mark Great American Smoke Out Day for 2022. Smoking is the leading cause of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Did you know that 16 million people in America have been diagnosed with COPD and smoking is the leading cause of COPD? In this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear abo...

During this special episode of the SCF Highway To Hope Podcast, you’ll meet Tom Frain, who earned the prestigious honor of being named the 2021 – 2022 Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year Grand Champion by the National Tank Truck Carriers. Tom will be looking back at his career in trucking and what it means to him to become recognized as the top driver in the tank truck classification. SCF D...

In this episode of the podcast, we’ll be meeting Hunter Wilson and Gabriel Massey, the entrepreneurs behind the launch of the Big Rig Coffee Company. The stated mission of the company is to provide the best quality coffee, apparel and service to the truck drivers of America. The Highway To Hope Podcast is highlighting the launch of Big Rig Coffee because the founders of the company have made the d...

In this special episode of our podcast series, the Highway To Hope celebrates a true milestone for the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund. As you will hear, we have gathered the non-profit organization’s trio of founders – Dr. John McElligott, Dave Nemo and Michael Burns – to mark a momentous achievement for SCF. The founders will be joined by SCF Executive Director Donna Kennedy and SCF Board P...

The SCF Highway To Hope Podcast kicks off our third season as we enter the final countdown prior to the return of the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), March 24-26. Highway To Hope Podcast host Shannon Currier, who is also the Director of Philanthropy and Development for SCF, previews the plans and activities that SCF has in place for the 50th anniversary edition of MATS. Shannon will be joined on...

In this episode of the Highway To Hope, you’ll hear an in-depth update on SCF’s Driving Down Diabetes program. SCF Health & Wellness Manager Julie Dillon shares how this effort to address and prevent diabetes among professional drivers has grown and taken shape with a supportive community of participants. During this episode, you’ll also hear about the impact that the Driving Down Diabetes ini...

For the conclusion of our three-part series examining health insurance and healthcare options that are available to our trucking audience, the SCF Highway to Hope Podcast talks with Tammy Wright, the Director of Trucking for USHealth1. During this segment, you’ll hear Tammy discuss the importance of securing health insurance as well as the work that USHealth1 is doing to make health insurance and...

In Part 2 of our three-part series examining health insurance and healthcare options that are available to our trucking audience, the SCF Highway to Hope Podcast talks with Donn Beam, the President and CEO of Everywhere.care. We discuss the rise in popularity of telemedicine and how the services of Everywhere.care are being utilized. SCF Director of Philanthropy and Development Shannon Currier is...

With this episode, the SCF Highway To Hope Podcast begins a three-part series examining health insurance and healthcare options that are available to our trucking audience. In Part One of this series, SCF Director of Philanthropy & Development Shannon Currier welcomes Allison McKay, Life & Health Benefits Agent from the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association (OOIDA) to the podcast....

Country Music superstar Wynonna Judd, who is the headliner for the Highway To Hope Benefit Concert, caps off our special series of podcasts featuring the artists performing during the live virtual event on May 16th. The SCF Podcast interview, which was led by podcast host and SCF Director of Philanthropy and Development Shannon Currier, was one of the first media Q&As with Wynonna since the gl...

John Schneider joins us for an extended conversation during this episode of the podcast. As we get ready for John’s performance as part of the May 16th Highway To Hope virtual concert benefiting the work of SCF, we talked with John about his career in the entertainment industry that now spans more than 40 years. John revisits his beginnings when won the iconic role of Bo Duke in the Dukes of Hazza...