On Friday, Michael Gilmartin, president of Olympia Moving & Storage, conquered his fear of heights and rappelled down a 22-story hotel in Boston, MA in support of Special Olympics athletes.
Michael and Olympia Moving & Storage were participating in Special Olympics Massachusetts’ Over the Edge event. This unique fundraising event gives participants who raise at least $1,000 the chance to rappel down the Hyatt Regency in downtown Boston.
This is Special Olympics Massachusetts’ third annual Over the Edge event, and the first Over the Edge event for Olympia Moving & Storage.
Olympia asked for contributions from friends, family, business partners, and fellow Wheaton | Bekins agents. We shattered our goal of $3,000 and raised a total of $4,390 for Special Olympics athletes and programs!
Michael was a bit apprehensive about going Over the Edge. “I have a fear of heights, so it took some convincing to commit me to Over the Edge. Seeing everyone pitch in for Special Olympics motivated me. The toughest part was letting go of the safety rail at the top of the building, but after that, it was actually fun. Thank you so much to all our contributors, I wouldn’t have done this rappel for a cause any less worthy than Special Olympics Massachusetts!”
Olympia Moving & Storage is a proud corporate partner for Special Olympics Massachusetts. We contribute year-round to the organization with in-kind donations of crews & trucks for events, corporate fundraising, employee volunteerism, and more. You can learn more about Olympia Moving & Special Olympics at http://www.olympiamoving.com/specialolympics
You can check out more pictures and video from the event below:
Olympia Moving & Storage is very grateful to their contributors for their generous contributions to Special Olympics Massachusetts:
The Executives at Wheaton Worldwide Moving
Fred Harrison of Victory Packaging
Mark Garipay of Ryder Transportation
Mark Kirschner of Wheaton Worldwide Moving
David Backman of Permit Puller
The Hunt Family
Craig at Bekins Transfer & Storage
Brian Maloney
Budd Cardone of EuroUSA
Brendan Powers
The Applebaum Family
Carolyn Powers
Jennifer G
The Brynczka’s
Mary Gilmartin
Andrew Gilmartin
Amy Johnson
Nicole Deane
Janeen Neale
James Gilmartin
Sofia Sebastian
Becky Warren
John & Cristin Mitchell
Liviu Leordean
& others!