Giving Back to Birmingham's Community

Thank you to our 2024 Movers for Moms collection partners! 

Chelsea

• Child's Play Therapy

Gardendale

• South Oak Title and Closing

Hoover

• Child'sPlay Therapy Center
• Crossings at Riverchase

Pelham

• South Oak Title and Closing

Trussville/Irondale area

• AL Roofing Pros
• Motion Industries, Inc.
• South Oak Title and Closing

Vestavia Hills

• Advanced Veterinary Care of Vestavia
• Movement Mortgage
• Pure Fitness
• South Oak Title and Closing
• Keller Williams Vestavia
• Method Mortgage

There is still time to become a collection partner. Contact Kelly at Kelly.Atchison@twomen.com. We can't wait to partner with you!

2022 Recap:

Many of us here in our Birmingham office are moms. When planning for Movers for Moms®, we asked ourselves; What is one of the most essential items for mothers to be able to care for their children? Diapers were our answer. When researching diaper banks in our area, we discovered Bundles of Hope. We connected with Bundles of Hope’s founder, Lindsay Gray, and learned that one in three families in Alabama struggle to afford diapers. This basic need is not covered by social welfare programs. Thanks to the generosity of our community partners and TWO MEN AND A TRUCK staff, our team delivered almost 5,000 diapers and 68 packs of wipes to Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank.

In years past, we've teamed up with some pretty incredible businesses in the community that have a passion, like we do, for giving back. To learn more, contact Kelly at Kelly.Atchison@twomen.com. 

Students and faculty will join us again in collecting warm clothing for Gateway Monday, October 28-Friday, November 1, 2022. 

Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty Park continues to blow us away with their generosity to support the Birmingham community through Truckload of Warmth! It was our pleasure to deliver boxes of warm clothing donations and diapers to Gateway! 

“It meant a lot to help someone and it was fun to work with my friends. It was good to see how much fun other people were having and it was unexpected how much I enjoyed it,” says third-grader, Doug.

“Watching our students take ownership for the first time of a service project the school has been involved in for years was special. Their conversations while they worked and the purpose with which they completed their assigned tasks showed how meaningful it was for them to serve others,” states Vestavia Hills Elementary Liberty Park third-grade teacher, Kimberly, third-grade teacher.

"As Birmingham's oldest nonprofit, Gateway has over 132 years of service with the core mission to be a game-changer for Alabama children and families. That mission couldn't be accomplished without partnering with other game-changers in the community, like VHELP, to meet the basic needs of the children we serve. 

Donations given through "Truckload of Warmth" will benefit youth in our Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) Program. It is the core of Gateway's services with an overarching goal to provide specialized care for foster youth with severe mental health needs. TFC heals trauma and ensures foster children grow up in safe, stable, loving, “forever” families.​

Our Movers for Mutts® objective is to provide animals living at the GBHS with the necessary items such as newspapers, food, toys, and other essential pet items on the GBHS’s Wish List(opens in a new window). TWO MEN AND A TRUCK will partner with individuals, businesses, and other organizations and will run over a four-week time frame during the months of October and November. Thank you to our 2019 collection partners!

Avondale Animal Hospital(opens in a new window)

Helena Veterinary Clinic(opens in a new window)

Keller Williams Hoover(opens in a new window)

Keller Williams Trussville(opens in a new window)

Oak View Animal Hospital(opens in a new window)

Patton Chapel Animal Clinic(opens in a new window)

Pete’s Print(opens in a new window)

Two Men and a Truck Birmingham

For more information on how YOU can get involved with this great cause, contact Kelly at kelly.atchison@twomen.com

In Birmingham, Alabama, we are in our fourth consecutive month of the Coronavirus Pandemic. To fight hunger during this unprecedented time, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®’s Birmingham and Pelham offices are hosting Movers for Meals®, a collection drive to provide non-perishable food items to families in Birmingham. The goal is to help families who are burdened by making the tough choice between buying food and paying for basic needs. 

According to the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama, the economic impact of COVID-19 will only increase food insecurity in Birmingham. Lower-income families are affected dramatically by the closures of businesses and schools. Your donation will put more food on families’ tables.

Starting June 5 through June 24, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK will partner with Community Food Bank of Central Alabama as a drop off point for non-perishable food items. For those who wish to donate, however, do not feel comfortable leaving their homes, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK has designated a “curbside pickup” day in which donation boxes can be picked up directly from a Birmingham resident’s home or business. Curbside pickup will be on Wednesday, June 17. Truck space and daily operational hours are limited, so if you’d like to take advantage of the “curbside pickup” option, please contact our office to schedule your pickup. Curbside pickup is for homes or businesses located in the Birmingham Metro area only. In addition, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK will match donations received during Movers for Meals®. All donations go directly to the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama. For additional information, contact Kelly Atchison at kelly.atchison@twomen.com. 

Congratulations to the Vestavia Hills 2019 Blue All-Stars 8U Softball team on their 20-0 record becoming Area Champs and State Champs this season! From all of us at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK in Birmingham, we’re so proud of you! 

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK learned about Hatching Hope in 2016 and since then has been the moving company for Hatching Hope when they have donation moving needs. It has been our joy and honor to work with the community that gives back in so many ways. Not only do they provide disaster relief for local Birmingham apartment residents who have been affected by apartment fires, but they extend their efforts across the Southeast. 

Marketplace by Hatching Hope

Hatching Hope has amazing deals on home goods and furniture, unique finds, fun jewelry, paint. There is even have a boutique section. They are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-5pm.

"THANK YOU TWO MEN AND A TRUCK for the amazing help today picking up an awesome donation. These guys are awesome, and it’s always just a pleasant experience! Y’all rock!  " -Hatching Hope, February 2023

"Two Men and a Truck donated their time to help us move equipment for our Walk to Defeat ALS. They were courteous and professional and it is companies like Two Men and a Truck and their generosity that make it possible for us to continue to help the ALS community. From start to finish Two Men and a Truck went above and beyond to assist us and to make sure our day went off without a hitch by delivering tents and supplies from our storage unit, something that would have taken us several trips and the majority of the day. Thank you for all that you do. Thank you Kelly for setting this up for us!" - Miquela, Operations Director

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK was introduced to First Light in the winter of 2013. Since then, First Light has been the recipient of our Movers for Moms® annual donation drive where essential care items are collected for the guests living at First Light. 

The Girl's Inc. Cajun Cookoff is one of our favorite community events of the Spring season. Teams support Girl's Inc by creating a cooking team serving up delicious and creative Cajun dishes for the public. Proceeds of the event benefit Girl's Inc., which is a local non-profit, inspiring "all girls to be strong, smart and bold." In 2019, our TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® cooking team won the Most Spirited Award- runner-up! In 2021, this lively spring event might be on hold another year, but there are still many ways to give back to this organization. Click here(opens in a new window) to learn more about the incredible impact Girl's Inc. is making in the lives of young girls in Birmingham, AL

Our movers, our truck and boxes are donated each year to Better Basics, Inc's Birmingham Reads book drive. TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® assists by donating our services by loading donated books onto our truck at Brookwood Village and unloading them at the Better Basics warehouse where the books will be distributed to children throughout Birmingham. In this year's 2018 collection drive, over 20,000 books were donated to the cause. These books will be used in the Better Basics programs that occur throughout the school year.

"We are absolutely thrilled with our partnership with TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®. You and your team are not only extremely professional, but are also very fun to work with. It was great having all four guys on site with us Friday. I think y'all definitely spoiled us!!! We are so excited that it was a great experience for y'all, too. Thank you, thank you for everything you did to make Friday a smooth day for us!"

-Karen Kapp

Our moving crew assisted the American Diabetes Association of Alabama by helping move various items to be used during their big Tour de Cure- Alabama event. Our movers helped with setting up of tents and providing labor services as needed. The event is an incredible day where cyclist from all over the city ride for a cure.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® provides moving services to Gateway by delivering boxes of donated warm clothing through Truckload of Warmth®, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®'s annual warm clothing drive. The donated clothing – collected by local businesses, churches and individuals – go directly to families in need in the Birmingham and surrounding areas.  

"Thank you isn't enough to express our gratitude for all that you do for Gateway each year. This contribution helps our foster youth and families so much and brings warmth in time of need. We greatly treasure our partnership and look forward to the joy it brings those we serve. Thank you for putting families first." -Bree Hester, MSSW, Gateway Chief of Staff

"The winter clothing TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® and Vestavia Hills Elementary School contribute this year will ensure the warmth of more than 100 children in foster care. Many of these youth are teens aging out of the foster care system, learning how to become employed, live on their own and successfully launch into adulthood thanks to the help of Gateway. Others are children who have faced trauma so severe, they are with specially trained Gateway foster parents who can respond to their health, education and financial needs. Thanks to TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® and Vestavia Hills Elementary School, our children and families continue to feel extra supported and remembered through this next season of giving and thanks. Thank you for being a part of our 128-year-old legacy of solutions for children and families."

-Gateway CEO, Kate O'Day, LCSW 

During the holiday season, Firehouse Ministries partnered with local businesses and neighborhoods that served as a drop off spots to collect much needed coats for the winter. Our TWO MEN AND A TRUCK office was happy to assist by donating boxes to this great cause! 

CHARITY OF THE MONTH HIGHLIGHT

Giving back to the community is one of our favorite core values. We are so fortunate to have Cheeriodicals(opens in a new window), a company whose motto is "Team Building That Matters", right here in Birmingham. TWO MEN AND A TRUCK has donated 17 hours of moving services to assist with their team building gift giving events this year. In May, we assisted with their event at Regions Tradition(opens in a new window) where “big green boxes of cheer” were assembled and given to children receiving care, and their mothers, at Children’s of Alabama on Mother’s Day. A few weeks later in June, we delivered 225 "big green boxes of cheer" which were assembled by FICP. All of the assembled boxes, full of toys, were given to children at Children’s of Alabama and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama.

Given TWO MEN AND A TRUCK's core purpose of Moving People Forward®, coupled with our brand's core value, inclusion, a partnership with First Book was a natural fit. First Book, a non-profit organization that strives to provide children and educators with high-quality books and educational resources. Employees across the system felt "When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree", a story that celebrates the benefits of patience, hard work, nature, and community, best tied in with TWO MEN AND A TRUCK's mission of Moving People Forward®. On Tuesday, August 17 our Birmingham location purchased 100 books and was thrilled to deliver them to Trace Crossing Elementary School. System-wide, franchises will donate over 5,000 copies of the book to schools and organizations across the country this year.