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Help Us Toss Our President off a 22-Story Building!

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Over the Edge - Olympia Moving & StorageMichael Gilmartin, our boss and president of Olympia Movin & Storage is desperately afraid of heights. Help the employees of Olympia make Michael’s nightmare a reality – and contribute to a great cause at the same time. We need your help to send Michael Over the Edge.

If team Olympia Moving & Storage raises $3,000 for Special Olympics MA, Michael will be forced to rappel down the side of the 22 story Hyatt Regency in Boston July 19th through 20th as part of the Special Olympics’ Over the Edge fundraiser.

CLICK HERE to visit Michael’s fundraising page & donate to Special Olympics Massachusetts

We will publicly thank each contributor on both Olympia’s website and Facebook page. Every donation helps!

Olympia Moving & Storage is a proud sponsor & official logistics supplier for Special Olympics Massachusetts. Learn more at olympiamoving.com/specialolympics

Thank you for your support of Special Olympics MA!

Thank you to our contributors:

The Executives at Wheaton Worldwide Moving

Fred Harrison of Victory Packaging

Arena One

Mark Garipay of Ryder Transportation

Mark Kirschner of Wheaton Worldwide Moving

David Backman of Permit Puller

Shelle Design

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!

Olympia Donates to Special Olympics MA Summer Games

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Olympia Moving & Storage was proud to be a sponsor for Special Olympics Massachusetts’ Summer Games. The Games took place over the weekend of June 7-9, 2013 at Harvard Stadium, and as the organization’s official logistics supplier, Olympia crews and volunteers worked hard to make the Games a success.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training, athletic competition and other health-related programming for athletes with intellectual disabilities. Olympia Moving & Storage contributes year-round to Special Olympics; including donations of crews & trucks for events, corporate fundraising, and employee volunteerism.  You can learn more about this partnership at olympiamoving.com/specialolympics

Throughout the week leading up to the Games, Olympia picked up supplies and equipment from Special Olympics’ vendors for delivery at the venue. Olympia also kept trucks and crew on hand for Special Olympics for logistics during the Games.

Before the Summer Games’ opening ceremonies, Olympia crews greeted over 2,000 athletes as they arrived and moved them into their dorms at Boston University.

On Saturday, many Olympia employees volunteered a part of their weekend to guide the track & field athletes through their events at the Games.

On the last day of the Games, Sunday, Olympia Moving & Storage moved the athletes out of their dorms and organized their bags for easy pick up on their way home.

All these services were provided to Special Olympics Massachusetts free of charge.

Mary Beth McMahon, President of Special Olympics MA, e-mailed Olympia after the event: “I cannot thank you enough for what you guys and your team did for us this weekend. We rely so heavily on volunteers in every aspect and the work your team did this weekend helping our Coaches have a much easier time with the move in and move out and our Games Management Team help to work more efficiently and effectively with logistics is really priceless. We have received such positive comments about everything you helped us with and we will make sure we share all of the great feedback.”

Matt Ruxton, VP of Sports Management, added: “I can’t begin to explain how much it helped to have you guys on site and all your help during our advance week. I think ‘Just awesome’ sums it up.”

Below are a few photos of the event, you can check out the full gallery on our Facebook page.

Furniture Drive for the MA Homeless a Success

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Olympia Moving and Storage was proud to once again take part in the Furnish the Future drive to benefit the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless.  Over three days in November, Olympia picked up donated furniture all over western Massachusetts.  By the end of the drive, Olympia had filled 9 trucks up with donations from 85 furniture pick ups!

All the donated furniture goes to the coalition’s furniture bank in Lynn, MA.   This program gives furniture to formerly homeless families transitioning to permanent housing.  These donations fulfill basic needs and make a big difference in turning local families’ new houses into homes.   The MA Coalition for the Homeless has been running one of the largest furniture bank programs in the country for over 25 years.

Big thanks to our friends at the Greater Boston Association of Realtors who were our partners in this event.   Our VP of National Accounts, Mark McEwen, did a great job working with them to coordinate the drive.

Olympia is always interested in working with our business partners to help better our community.  Feel free to contact us if you’re looking for help with your next charitable event.

Furnish the Future Drive & Touch the Trucks Events

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At Olympia Moving and Storage, we believe that it’s our responsibility to be involved with the communities in which we live and work.  In the coming weeks, we’ll be participating in two community events.

Furnish the Future Furniture Drive – November 13-15

The Greater Boston Association of Realtors (GBAR) is teaming up with Olympia Moving & Storage again this year to collect furniture for the Mass Coalition for the Homeless.    This event was put together by the GBAR’s service committee, chaired by Mary Crane, a friend to Olympia.  All the furniture collected will be going to the Coalition’s headquarters in Lynn, MA.  There, formerly homeless families can select furniture to make their new permanent residences feel like home.

If you want to donate furniture, e-mail [email protected] to schedule a truck to pick up your furniture between November 13, 14, or 15, or contact Mark McEwen at 617-231-1204.

For more information, visit the GBAR website.

We’re excited to participate in this opportunity to give back!

Touch the Trucks, Watertown, MA – November 3

Chances are, your kids are obsessed with trucks, but toys and movies don’t compare to the real thing!  This weekend, Olympia Moving will be bringing real movers and our shiniest truck to the Watertown, MA Touch the Trucks event.

This FREE event is Saturday, November 3rd from 10:00-11:30 AM at 30 Common Street, Watertown, MA.

The event is hosted by Sullivan Tire and will feature all kinds of trucks, including fire trucks, oil trucks, and more.

You can check out the event details here.  Hope to see you there!

Olympia Moving supports the Walk to End Alzeheimer’s

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It is important to us at Olympia Moving and Storage to be a contributing member of the Boston, MA and Washington, DC area communities.  In addition to the work we do with the area residents and businesses, we also embrace our work with many events and charities.

This weekend Olympia Moving is proud to be working with the Alzeheimer’s Association to put on the Walk to End Alzeheimer’s in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  Between September 22-30, 11 walks will take place in the Boston, MA area to raise awareness and funds for care, support and research to fight this debilitating disease.  Our crews have been hard at work providing logistics help and delivering supplies to all 11 of the regional walks.

“Alzheimer’s disease is the largest underfunded public health threat facing our nation today, and it’s growing at an epidemic rate.  Today, more than half of all Americans know some with Alzheimer’s.  Soon, no one will be left untouched.”

To learn more about the Alzheimer’s association, visit http://www.alz.org

To learn how to sign up or donate to a walk in the Boston area, visit http://www.alzwalkMANH.org

Hope to see you there, and be sure to say hi if you see one of our crew members!

For more information about hiring crews for your organization or event, you can learn more about our commercial moving services.