BEAUFORT, SC – Carolina Moving & Storage, a Wheaton agent, has been recognized for delivering 57,000 pounds of food – enough to provide 47,000 meals – to the Lowcountry Food Bank in Yemassee.
People tend to throw a lot of “stuff” away when they move, including perfectly good food. As part of Move For Hunger’s national network of relocation professionals, Carolina Moving & Storage provides their customers with the opportunity to donate unopened, non-perishable food during the moving process and volunteers to deliver the donations to the food bank, free of charge.
Carolina Moving & Storage has also assisted with the Lowcountry Food Bank’s “Backpack Buddies” program. Once a month, Carolina Moving & Storage picks up thousands of backpacks filled with non-perishable food and delivers them to seven different schools in the area. On Fridays, the backpacks are distributed to food insecure students whose families struggle to replace the meals the children receive at school during the week.
“The work that Carolina Moving & Storage is doing to fight childhood hunger in the communities they serve is inspiring,” said Adam Lowy, Executive Director of Move For Hunger. “We are so grateful for their support.”
“We have been a member of the Move for Hunger program since 2009, but we are always looking for additional ways to fight hunger in our community,” said Susan Neal, Vice President of Carolina Moving & Storage. “Our guys just love delivering the food and look forward to it each month. This program is a wonderful way to help the thousands of food insecure children right here in our small community.”
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Move For Hunger is a non-profit organization that mobilizes the relocation industry to fight hunger and reduce food waste. In addition to collecting food from people who are moving to new homes, Move For Hunger helps companies and individuals across the United States and Canada organize successful food drives. To date, they have collected more than 11 million pounds of food. For more information, or to find out how you can host your own food drive, visit www.MoveForHunger.org.
Carolina Moving & Storage is a full-service moving & storage company offering local, long distance, and international moving. Since 1959, our family owned and operated business has been successfully moving families in Beaufort and surrounding areas and throughout South Carolina. Now in our second generation of family ownership, we always strive to go above and beyond to satisfy our customers. This philosophy has been proven over and over again, as most of our referrals come from previous customers! Our professional staff will handle all your moving needs from start to finish. From our cheerful office staff to our packers, loaders, and drivers, we take pride in our customer service. Our moving services include residential, commercial, and office relocation. Our packing crews take extreme care with all of your cherished belongings, and custom crate any delicate items. We have climate controlled and non-climate controlled storage warehouses to accommodate all your storage needs, from household goods to vehicles to RV’s and boats. We work with many interior designers and model home firms to receive and distribute new products, fixtures, furniture and equipment. For more information, please visit www.carolinamovingstorage.com.
