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Congrats Wellness Participants!

Congrats Wellness Participants!

Congrats to the following employees for completing the 2017 Wellness Program.  To complete this year's wellness program, participants needed to earn a minimum of 1,000 points. This years wellness program included quarterly on-site education...

9th Run MPG Stats

9th Run MPG Stats

Before we started the 9th C10 test run, I asked our customer to put a driver in the C10 demo truck that was NOT his best driver. I wanted to prove the C10 would make a bigger impact on new or less skilled drivers than a company’s best drivers. For...

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

From the Cumberland family to yours, we wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving with your family and friends. "I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual." Henry David Thoreau

Preventing Driver Injuries in Fall and Winter

The following article originally shared via Idealease Safety Bulletin. Slip/Trip and Fall injuries are the most common type of injury for drivers. Most of them occur during the winter months. Each year, thousands of professional drivers are...

Parking Lot Accident Exposure Increases during the Holidays!

Parking Lot Accident Exposure Increases during the Holidays!

As we are drawing near to the holiday season it is time to remind drivers of the exposures that exist in parking lots as they make deliveries and pickups. This holiday season pay special attention when operating in a parking lot and observe the...

Daylight Savings Time Starts Sunday

Daylight Savings Time Starts Sunday

Sunday, November 5, 2017 is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time.   Make sure that all of your drivers are aware that the change to daylight savings will occur. Caution route drivers especially that the amount of daylight will change...

November 5-12 is Drowsy Driving Prevention Week

November 5-12 is Drowsy Driving Prevention Week

The National Sleep Foundation has launched Drowsy Driving Prevention week as an educational campaign designed to save lives by increasing awareness of the dangers of driving while sleepy. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates...

Operation Safe Driver Week is Oct. 15-21

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) announced that its 2017 Operation Safe Driver Week would be held during Oct. 15-21, 2017. During this event, law enforcement agencies throughout North America will engage in increased traffic safety...

Shooting Hunger 2017

Shooting Hunger 2017

The Tennessee Farm Bureau, Farm Credit of Mid-America, and Tennessee Farmers Co-op partnered with several agriculture companies to host the Shooting Hunger event at the Nashville Gun Club. Steve McCarley and Pamela Bartholomew- Gardner represented...

People’s Choice and LT Walkaround WINNER!

People’s Choice and LT Walkaround WINNER!

  Cumberland is excited to share that Patrick Mendenhall won International’s live LT Walkaround Contest this past weekend at NACV! The LT Walkaround Contest was judged by industry experts and tested product knowledge about International’s LT....

Strength, Fitness and Stretching

Strength, Fitness and Stretching

We offer a wellness program as part of our employee benefits. One of the features of our wellness program is on-site education sessions at our locations.  The program we had most recently featured information and content from a local personal...

TAPT 2017 – JUNE 4-7

TAPT 2017 - On June 4-7, 2017, Tennessee Association of Pupil Transportation (TAPT) held its annual conference in Pigeon Forge, TN. 434 attendees were registered for this year’s conference, a slight decrease from last year’s attendance. Cumberland...

Nashville’s Traffic & Projected Growth

Nashville’s Traffic & Projected Growth

For those of you who've been in Nashville for a while, you'll have a good grasp on how traffic patterns have changed. Congestion is a fact in Nashville and surrounding areas. Last week, at the Tennessee Sustainable Transportation Awards and Forum,...

Game 4 Tonight! Go Preds!

Game 4 Tonight! Go Preds!

The Nashville Predators face off in Game 4 of the Conference Finals against the Anaheim Ducks tonight at 7:00 pm CST. If you're not lucky enough to attend at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Guru suggests the top 10 places to watch the big game in...

Employee Wellness Program Update

Employee Wellness Program Update

Where will YOUR JOURNEY take you? We're 3 months into this year's Wellness Program. One of the great benefits of being a Cumberland Employee is access to participate in a Wellness Program. It’s not too late for you to get involved. You can begin...

Quit for Life – American Cancer Society

Quit for Life – American Cancer Society

An Employee Benefit from Cumberland - If you're interested in quitting tobacco, we have access to a free program to help. Reach out to Holly Czuba for details and access. Camping trips with the kids, taking your dad to his doctor’s appointment, and...

Participation in Wellness Program

We restructured our wellness program this year, hoping to provide more flexibility for employees to attend "on-site" education sessions and take advantage of our wellness portal.  Here are some of the changes we've implemented this year, which are...

Inclement Weather Policy and Phone Number

Inclement Weather Policy and Phone Number

Inclement Weather Line: 615-829-7997. As the weather station is calling for flurries in Nashville, it's time to remind everyone of Cumberland's Inclement Weather Policy. Cumberland's number one priority is the safety of our customers, employees and...

24/7/365 Access to a Doctor

24/7/365 Access to a Doctor

A NEW BENEFIT FOR CUMBERLAND EMPLOYEES Starting November 1, 2016, employees with a medical plan through Cigna can take advantage of MDLIVE. MDLIVE provides 24/7/365 access to a doctor. Via phone, video or app. See a doctor whenever and wherever you...