Tag Archives: Community Support

Pulling for the Community

Do you have what it takes to pull a 33,000 lb. semi with 53 ft. trailer 125 feet? We’re proud to say at Dr. Hook, we’re not only willing to give it a try – but to sponsor such a good cause.

The 8th Annual Truck Pull in support of the United Way was held at by the Manitoba Trucking Association at Assiniboine Park. For members of the trucking industry, we spend our days and nights pulling freight or pulling you out of the ditch and we’re honored to be part of pulling the community forward.

At Dr. Hook, we’re proud to be part of the sponsors that allow 100% of the money raised in the truck pull to go directly to United Way.

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Dr. Hook in the Community – Granting a Wish

When a call comes from the Winnipeg community, Dr. Hook Towing answers with enthusiasm. We consider it an honour to help organizations throughout our city with their charitable projects that help others. Over course of the next few blogs, we’ll be sharing with you the stories of organizations who we’re happy to support in Manitoba.

Dr. Hook Playhouse Delivery As you’ve seen from our blogs and videos, Dr. Hook has towed and transported items of a variety of sizes, primarily cars, trucks and other vehicles in Winnipeg.

On occasion, we’ll be asked to help move a more unique item, say, for example, an airplane.

One of these requests came recently via Qualico Home Developments, and we were more than happy to participate.

Qualico, another fantastic Winnipeg company, had recently built a custom playhouse for a family through the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. The Foundation, as noted on their website, “Children’s Wish is a national non-profit organization dedicated to fulfilling a favourite wish for children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. Since its inception, Children’s Wish has granted more than 18,000 wishes for children and their families and fulfills approximately 1000 wishes annually — granting nearly three wishes everyday.”

Dr. Hook Towing was more than happy to load the playhouse onto our special pink truck and deliver it to the family. It was truly a heartwarming moment, one that we were proud to be part of.

Join Us at the United Way Truck Pull

Last year we were proud to be involved in the first ever “Industry Related” Truck Pull event in support of United Way. It was a huge success and we had a great time!

This year the event will be held at Polo Park Shopping Centre parking log (facing St James) on Thursday, October 13, 5:00pm. The Dr. Hook team will be participating again and hope to make this year an even bigger success!

As part of the 400 for-hire trucking companies in Manitoba, we feel it’s important to participate in events which showcase the industries commitment to community support for worthwhile causes in the communities we operate in.

Be sure to join the fun!