In the film The Irishman, Teamsters Union boss Jimmy Hoffa, played by Al Pacino, rallies an audience by pointing out how vital trucks, and the men and women who drive them, are to our way of living. “If you got it, a truck brought it. If you got your food, your clothing, your medicine, if you got fuel for your homes, fuel for your industries, a truck brought it. The day our trucks stop, America stops!”

In the audio clip above, Cheryl Freeman, the College to Careers dean overseeing the continuing education classes for transportation, distribution, and logistics at Olive-Harvey College, tells WGN’s Steve Alexander about a donation of two shiny diesel trucks to the college’s Diesel Technology program. Freeman says the donation by PepsiCo not only saves the college more than $50,000 per truck, it gives students experience working on the same type of equipment they could encounter in their careers. And many of those students could end up working for PepsiCo.

To that end, the PepsiCo Foundation has donated more than $600,000 in scholarships to City College students in areas that are important to the company: not only the Diesel Tech program at Olive-Harvey, but the Maintenance Mechanic program at Daley College, the Fork Lift program, and the Supply Chain Management program at other City Colleges.

About 60 students are currently in the Diesel Tech program at Olive-Harvey, with the next semester beginning in January. And you don’t have to give up your day job to attend. Most classes are in the evening. More information, including how to apply can be found HERE.