Washington—The Trucking Cares Foundation, the trucking industry’s charitable arm, donated $5,000 to Monarch School Project to provide academic, social, emotional, and life skills to hundreds of unhoused youth.  Monarch is located in San Diego, where the American Trucking Associations held its 2025 Management Conference & Exhibition. 

“The Monarch School Project provides a safe, encouraging, and welcoming environment for unhoused youth and their families,’” said TCF Chairman Greg Owen, head coach of Ability Tri-Modal.  "The programs and services that this organization provides empowers youth to overcome the challenges impacting their lives.  The Trucking Cares Foundation was proud to support this deserving nonprofit and give back to our MCE host city.  The highlight of our engagement with the Monarch School Project was having the opportunity to bring students to the MCE exhibit hall, where they could learn about trucking and consider careers in our industry to help them build bright futures.”

“We are deeply grateful to the Trucking Cares Foundation for this generous support,” said Debra Molyneux, Interim CEO of the Monarch School Project. “Their partnership helps ensure our students have the stability and hope they need to learn, grow, and thrive.”

Founded in 1987, Monarch School Project provides a sense of belonging for thousands of unhoused youth and their families. The mission of Monarch is to nurture resilience by providing youth experiencing homelessness with academic and social growth, emotional support and life skills designed to help them succeed and define their own path to achievement, while stabilizing and supporting their families. Its trauma-informed and strength-based community empowers those they serve to overcome the challenges impacting their education and well-being.

Long lasting impacts:
 - 98% of alumni have stable housing
 - 95% of alumni are in secondary school or employed

Monarch School Project serves hundreds of unhoused youth in Barrio Logan at Monarch School, the nation’s only K-12 public school offering a comprehensive program designed to educate youth experiencing homelessness. Monarch School is a public-private partnership between the San Diego County Office of Education and the nonprofit Monarch School Project.  

TCF will be looking to partner with a similar school when MCE convenes in Charlotte in 2026.