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Pete's Moving Services Holds First Fill-A-Truck Food Drive

January 26, 2018

Pete's Moving Services, a National Van Lines agent, held their first-ever Fill-A-Truck food drive on January 20. The Modesto, CA-based movers stationed one of their trucks outside of O'Brien's Market, a local grocery store, and asked shoppers to donate enough non-perishable food to fill the entire trailer. Nearly 500 lbs. of food was collected in just 3 hours, which is the equivalent of 415 meals!

Pete'sMovingHolidayFillATruckFoodDrive2018 (2).JPG"We know our community very well and we believe that individuals and local business all have a responsibility to contribute," said Melissa Brichka, Vice President of Pete's Moving Services. "This was the perfect way for us to fight hunger, which affects 1 in 4 children in Stanislaus County."

It's hard to miss a moving truck when it's parked right outside of the entrance to your favorite supermarket, which is why a Fill-A-Truck is one of our favorite types of food drives. Shoppers stop by the check out what's going on as they head into the store, and drop off their donations on the way out.

"Both employees and shoppers were excited to hear about the food drive and many contributed to the cause," Brichka said. "We even had a couple that was traveling to San Francisco stop by just to drop off non-perishables. We felt great joy knowing that people were willing to take time from their busy schedules to help out the community."

Pete's Moving Services is one of the newest members of our network, having enrolled this past September.  Brichka said she can already see how being a part of Move For Hunger has positively influenced her team.

"Our staff really enjoyed helping with the event and we are excited to plan more food drives in the future."

All of the donations were delivered to the Second Harvest Food Bank of San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. Brichka believes that was the first of many trips her crew will be making to the food bank in 2018.

"We hope to plan several food drives this year, and to collect even more non-perishable food next time."

Thank you to Melissa and everyone at Pete's Moving Services for kicking the year off on such a high note. We can't wait to help you plan your next food drive!

We want to help YOU host a food drive, too! Let's get started today!