Pilot Company donates to support East Tennessee, professional drivers during COVID-19 pandemic
Pilot Company announced today that it is donating $225,000 to East Tennessee nonprofit organizations in response to immediate community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds will be used to provide direct support and essential resources to community members, professional drivers and frontline workers most in need of financial relief and necessities such as food and childcare, through the organizations that serve them.
“This is an incredibly tough time, and our hearts go out to all those who are impacted by this pandemic,” said Jim Haslam II, founder and chairman of Pilot Company. “We are committed to partnering with area nonprofits to help meet the immediate needs of those most affected, especially in our hometown of Knoxville and professional drivers across the country. Through these organizations and their services, we hope to provide some relief to the many families and professional drivers grappling with financial hardships, job disruptions or childcare challenges. More than ever, we must take care of each other and work together.”
The donations include gifts to United Way of Greater Knoxville’s COVID-19 Response Fund, Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley and St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund.
Pilot Company’s gift to United Way of Greater Knoxville’s COVID-19 Response Fund will provide direct support to local nonprofits delivering essential services to those affected by the crisis. Support to Second Harvest will help fight hunger in East Tennessee as the organization works around the clock to serve an unprecedented number of people needing assistance during this health crisis. The donation to Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley will support the organization as it maintains and expands services to care for the children of essential workers during this critical time.
Headquartered in Knoxville, St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund (SCF) assists professional drivers and their families when an illness or injury causes them to be out of work, the instances of which could increase as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Professional drivers needing assistance from SCF can apply at truckersfund.org/application.
For more information about Pilot Company’s response during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit pilotflyingj.com/covid-response. To learn more about Pilot Company and its longstanding commitment to giving back, visit pilotcompany.com/about.
Pilot Travel Centers LLC ("Pilot") is committed to showing people they matter at every turn as the leading energy and experience provider people rely on to fuel their journeys. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Pilot is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and employs approximately 30,000 team members. As the largest network of travel centers, Pilot has more than 900 locations in 44 states and five Canadian provinces, serving an average of 1.2 million guests per day. In addition to travel center services, Pilot and its partners offer trucking fleets a variety of solutions for fuel, credit, factoring, maintenance and rewards. The company operates North America's third largest fuel tanker fleet and supplies approximately 12 billion gallons of fuel per year. Pilot is shaping the future of energy as one of the largest providers of biodiesel and renewable fuels and through the development of its EV charging network and low-carbon fueling alternatives. For additional information about Pilot, visit PilotCompany.com.