Jimmy Frost, a truck driver from Virginia Beach, VA, has been named The December Trucker Buddy of the Month.

A company driver for Crete Carriers, Frost shares the road with his Trucker Buddy class through his own Web site at www.asphaltadventures.com. He complements teacher Jewell Schaefer’s curriculum by adding links to his site that correspond with the studies of his third grade class at B.C. Charles Elementary in Newport News, VA.

“He has been invaluable to me as a teacher,” Schaefer said, “because he finds Web sites for the students to go to in order for them to study the material more closely on their own.”

In addition to his Web site, Frost sends the children post cards from the road and brings books, T-shirts, posters and other items for the class when he and his cat, Zoey, visit the school.

Frost is one of nearly 4,000 professional drivers who share their time with elementary classes throughout the world. The only criteria to be a Trucker Buddy is to be a truck driver willing to send a post card each week to a class in grades two through eight. Drivers can apply on line at www.truckerbuddy.org or by calling 1-800-MY BUDDY. There are currently many classes still waiting for a Trucker Buddy for this school year.

Frost will receive a personalized jacket, along with a check for $300 to spend on the class and $200 in Trucker Buddy merchandise, compliments of TMI-MultiMedia. He also receives a copy of “For the Long Haul” by Donde Publishing and an Accident Photo Pak. The class will receive a CrossCountry USA game from Ingenuity Works, which will help them learn more about how trucks move freight across the nation.