NATSO Foundation

Our Mission:

• Advance, promote and improve the travel plaza and truckstop industry through education, communications, meetings, and research and development.
• Assist travel plaza and truckstop owners and management in achieving excellence for their industry, customers, communities and society;
• Administer an industry scholarship program;
• Foster knowledge and understanding of the travel plaza industry; and
• Further other charitable causes that involve issues of concern or significance to the travel plaza industry.

The genesis for the organization was a contribution from the Mason-Dixon Truck Stop Operators in January 1989 to be used for an industry scholarship program, and the Foundation (originally chartered as the American Truck Stop Foundation) began operation in 1990.

The Foundation began Operation Roadblock in 1990, a major initiative dedicated to creating drug-free highways through an assortment of coordinated efforts. A toll-free Helpline was established and educational materials and videos were distributed in an effort to foster drug free work places throughout the industry. During its four years, Operation Roadblock succeeded in heightening awareness of substance abuse problems in the minds of professional drivers, travel plaza operators and their employees.

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