Thanks to our hardworking partners and network, 2022 was the most impactful year yet for Move For Hunger! We transported and delivered over 5.5 MILLION pounds of donations to food banks and pantries across the United States - that's over 4.6 MILLION meals to food insecure communities!
It’s through the efforts of our team and network of partners, movers, and multifamily organizations that we had such a big impact. We held nearly 1,000 food drives, forged new partnerships, nearly tripled our impact with our Fresh Food Program thanks to our dedicated movers, and brought back our favorite in-person events.
While we’re unbelievably thankful for each organization and partner that have helped us in the fight against hunger, here are the ones that really stood out from the crowd.
Our 2022 Award Winners are:
Mover of the Year: Paxton Van Lines
Paxton Van Lines demonstrated their dedication to fighting hunger in a big way in 2022!
From May to November, Paxton Van Lines picked up and transported leftover fresh produce from the Dale City Farmers Market in Virginia to the North Virginia Food Rescue. In total, they completed 28 food transports, totaling nearly 127,000 lbs of donations taken to the food bank. This provided more than 105,000 fresh meals to those in need.
“Giving back to the communities we serve has long been a hallmark of our corporate citizenship goals,” said Tera Beatty of Paxton Van Lines. “Move for Hunger has been a great partner to help us achieve our corporate goals and makes finding and organizing opportunities to give back easy!”
Based in Springfield, Virginia, Paxton Van Lines has been part of the Move For Hunger network since 2011 and has transported more than 280,000 lbs, equalling over 235,000 meals, to local Virginia food banks.
Community of the Year: The Winsted
The Winsted, an FPI Management property, chose ‘can’ during their Trick or Can Food Drive in 2022!
The Rocklin, California based property hosted a Trick or Can Food Drive for their residents last October, collecting over 1,600lbs of donations for food insecure families. This provided more than 1,350 meals to 3 different food banks! Since partnering with Move For Hunger in 2018, The Winsted has provided nearly 3,000 meals to those in need.
Hunger Fighting Champions
In 2022, Move For Hunger created a new quarterly award to showcase our hunger fighting heroes in a new light!
The Hunger Fighting Champion Award is given to a partner that has gone above and beyond in the fight against hunger. This includes anything like fundraising, hosting a food drive with a large impact, participating in a campaign or event, etc.
Q1: AVE
For the first quarter of 2022, AVE, a brand of Korman Communities that owns a multitude of luxury apartments, was awarded the FIRST Hunger Fighting Champion Award for its collaboration with Little Words Project.
Throughout the month of February, AVE and Little Words Project teamed up to create a special bracelet inspired by its mission to deliver flexible, carefree living. Little Words Project then donated 25% of its profits from bracelet purchases to Move For Hunger.
From this unique campaign and collaboration, more than 2,500 meals were provided to food insecure communities!
Q2: NorthAmerican and SIRVA
SIRVA
Throughout June, SIRVA hosted its first annual Operation End Veteran Hunger Food Drive across the United States, which provided over 18,900 meals to veterans in need. This initiative was started by Suzie Chapman, VP of Global Account Management, and TJ Henderson, Supply Chain Manager at SIRVA, to target hungry veteran communities nationwide.
In total, SIRVA engaged real estate brokers in their network in three locations, and one SIRVA location participated in the food drive and collected more than 4,500 lbs of food, and raised nearly $6,000 to help veteran-focused food pantries and soup kitchens fill their shelves.
Read more about their award here!
NorthAmerican
From April 18 - May 2, North American Van Lines and Move For Hunger partnered together to host the second annual Great North American Food Drive, collecting 17,000 lbs of donations, and providing over 14,000 meals to food insecure communities across the United States!
15 different agents across 15 states participated, including Moving Solutions of Mentor, OH, Lile Moving & Storage in Lakewood, Washington, Arnoff Moving and Storage in Poughkeepsie, NY, and A-1 Freeman in Houston, TX.
Q3: Graebel
Graebel joined Move For Hunger as a partner in 2016 and continues to be an active partner by hosting their second month-long Move 2 Fight Hunger Challenge for their employees during Hunger Action Month.
There were more than 430 Graebel employees across 14 countries who moved 20,000 miles through exercise, which assisted in providing 65,000 meals to food banks and those facing hunger.
Q4: CORT
CORT joined Move For Hunger in 2017 and has since transported over 320,000 lbs of food donations, equaling more than 265,000 meals, to food insecure communities across the United States. In 2022 alone, CORT transported nearly 75,000 lbs of donations to local food banks throughout the nation, equalling over 62,000 meals to families in need.
Their partnership and financial contributions to Move For Hunger have provided over 1 million meals to those in need. CORT works closely with Move For Hunger by transporting food donations from most of the 2,000 apartment communities across the country that are part of Move For Hunger’s vast multifamily network.
Read more about our 2022 impact
Check out our 2022 Year in Review to learn more about our impact and how we’re ending hunger! Ready to join the fight against hunger? Make a donation!
