LAKEWOOD, WA – Golden Services, LLC, the leading moving company in Lakewood and the surrounding areas, has been recognized by Move For Hunger, a national non-profit organization, for delivering 42,800 pounds of food – enough to provide 35,700 meals – to local food banks.
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, Golden Services 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. Golden Services also assists with other food rescues in the region. At this year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Seattle, for example, their crew recovered more than 17,500 lbs. of leftover food/beverages and delivered it to the Rainier Valley Food Bank.
“More than 870,000 people in Washington are food insecure and, yet, 40% of the food produced in the United States each year is wasted,” said Adam Lowy, Executive Director of Move For Hunger.
“Golden Services is working every day to address both issues. We are so grateful for their support.” “Golden Services, LLC is proud to partner with Move for Hunger to help fight hunger in the communities we serve,” said Vikki Kelly, Business Development Manager at Golden Services. “We are truly astounded by the amount of food we have recovered. It's a 'win/win' for everyone involved, and Golden Services plans on continuing this worthwhile partnership for years to come.”
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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.
Golden Services, LLC is a leading moving company serving Fife, WA, Oak Harbor, WA, Lakewood, WA & Spokane Valley, WA & their surrounding areas. We offer Comprehensive Moving Services (Military, Commercial & Industrial), Port Operations and logistics services for our customers. Please see our website at www.goldenservicesllc.com for additional information.
