Hess donates toy trucks to elementary schools in North Dakota

BISMARCK — Hess Corporation kicked off the 2024 Hess Toy Truck and STEM curriculum donation to schools across North Dakota, starting with a demonstration involving third and fourth grade students at Roosevelt Elementary School in Bismarck.

Forty students along with teachers, staff, Department of Public Instruction and Hess personnel were on hand to try out the STEM education kits and the 60th anniversary fire truck with car and motorcycle.

This is the sixth straight year that Hess will donate trucks to every elementary school in North Dakota, with nearly 50,000 trucks donated since the education initiative began. Hess has once again partnered with the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction to find new opportunities for interactive teaching and learning.

The STEM curriculum guide designed by Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Educational Outreach uses the 2024 fire truck combined with eight lessons designed to ‘”gnite learning” with a focus on the science and math of firefighting and fire trucks. Each year the STEM curriculum guide is custom designed to match the features of the newest Hess Toy Truck, creating a learning tool that introduces elementary age students to different STEM concepts in a fun and engaging way.

Hess will ship the toy trucks to each elementary school in North Dakota, and the STEM curriculum will be available for

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or will be distributed electronically. Teachers will be able to use the materials as part of their curriculum going forward. The Hess Toy Truck has been a holiday tradition since 1964 and is one of the longest running toy brands in the U.S.