
St. Louis Movers Who Care® giving back to the community!
Living the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® mantra as the MOVERS WHO CARE® has given us the opportunity to grow beyond expectations while giving back to the community. Each year our goal is to donate over 1000 hours to local St. Louis area non-profits.
Since 2015 we have helped The United Way of Greater Saint Louis with their Service To Go Projects. We have delivered over 70,000 kits to local charity organizations! We are excited to see how we can impact our local community in the future. The Little Bit Foundation, Heroes Care, and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation are just a handful of the many other organizations we donate our services to throughout the year.
The St. Louis Business Journal has awarded us multiple corporate philanthropy awards.
Every spring we are thrilled to be a part of our company’s Movers for Moms® nationwide campaign. With help from the community we collect personal care items for women in crisis. We deliver them to local women’s and family shelters in time for Mother’s Day. We have partnered with 12 Great Southern Bank locations in and around the St. Louis area as well as other area businesses. Our event has helped women at Lydia’s House and The Women’s Safe House. We are grateful to be able to work with such amazing organizations. In 2016 we collected over 10,000 items! This year we have partnered with Our Lady's Inn. If you are interested in being a collection site for our 2017 donation drive please contact Marketing Manager, Cathleen Jones at Cathleen.jones@twomen.com for more information.
Foster children deserve the chance to be children, to be part of a family, and to live up to their potential. To achieve this, Angels’ Arms provides homes, resources and emotional support to experienced foster parents so that they can raise the standard of care for foster children. Angels’ Arms strives to keep sibling groups together, and partners with foster parents, community supporters, organizations and other non-profits to provide a loving home environment and help our children become successful citizens. TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® St. Louis generously donates moving services to each of the foster families.
Basket of Hope is a nonprofit organization providing generously packed gift baskets to seriously ill children and hope totes to their parents. The baskets are filled with toys, games, craft items, movies, music, stuffed animals and more! The Hope Totes are offered to their parents
and contain items to nourish them physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Over 1,200 baskets and totes are delivered to hospitalized children in local hospitals each year! We rely on TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® on several occasions to help transport the baskets and totes and help us transfer our auction items to the ballroom for our annual dinner auction fundraiser! They are always so helpful and reliable. We value their support! They are a key sponsor of our program.
For 150 years, Epworth Children and Family Services has provided the St. Louis community with essential youth development services that have helped thousands of children overcome severe emotional and behavioral challenges caused by abuse or neglect.
"These fine folks have partnered with our charity to provide furniture for service members and veterans. Like clockwork, each month since 2011, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® drivers have picked up home furnishings from the Rothman distribution center in O’Fallon, MO and delivered them to our Fenton facility, a distance of over 35 miles, all with their own manpower and at no charge. Over the years, more than 1000 military families have been helped through this relationship including military families who have experienced fires, floods, and homelessness. On behalf of the board of directors, the executives, the staff, our thousands of volunteers, and the military families we serve, thank you for engendering a corporate culture which makes this great goodness possible not only for us, but for countless charities across the Nation."
TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® provides the Diaper Bank with manpower, trucks and supplies to help collect diapers for moms in need in St. Louis and surrounding areas. October is Diaper Need Awareness. We provided collection boxes to 72 local Schnuck's grocery stores to collect diapers. The forst weekend of October we provide a truck for a "stuff the truck" event. Last year we collected 4500 diapers. This year...150,000 diapers!!
Team Activities for Special Kids (TASK) is a nonprofit, year-round instructional sports program that provides athletic and social opportunities to kids with special needs. The purpose of the program is to help build self-esteem and skills in children with special needs. Each athlete receives a team t-shirt and trophy upon completion of the sport. Each year TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® St. Louis is a major sponsor of the Annual Corn Hole Tournament and Family Festival.
The Little Bit Foundation is an organization serving 6,000 elementary and middle school students in 20 St. Louis area schools. Ninety to 100 percent of the students in Little Bit schools are at or near the poverty level. They give a child the ability to enter the classroom confident and ready to learn by providing necessities such as clothing, shoes, food, wellness checks, eyeglasses and mental health. TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® St. Louis provides monthly delivery free of charge to the various schools.
[Music Playing]
(Video starts out with the title "Moving Tips" displayed across the screen)
(Video cuts to a TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Franchise Office Manager with a moving truck in the background)
When you're moving, you kind of have boxes all over the place.
I always recommend to have a clear path.
And if you want it to go faster, put a clear path
(Video shows a mover carrying a chair down a customer's hallway in their house)
and put the boxes towards the door.
That way they can just grab them and go.
(Video cuts to a mover with a TWO MEN AND A TRUCK moving truck in the background)
Being prepared, It's so many times we've, we've gone into customer homes where they weren't ready.
Like, you know what I mean?
Don't get me wrong, It's hourly,
(Video cuts to a franchise moving truck backing up)
but we're here to try to make you better in there.
(Video cuts back to mover)
But it's like we've come to some that they look like they just woke up that morning "Like, hey, I'm, I think I'm gonna move today" like, you know?
(Video cuts to the Warehouse Manager of the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Franchise)
Get a big sharpie, label every box and what room it's going to go into.
(A mover is shown unloading a loaded up MOVING TRUCK)
You're moving into a multi-family home, make sure that, you know, everything's labeled on what floor, whether it's going to an attic, to a basement, to
a kitchen, to a first bedroom, a second bedroom,
(Video cuts back to warehouse manager)
make that plan and have it all down on a piece of paper.
It will make your life a whole heck of a lot easier.
(Video cuts to operations manager)
Be honest on your estimate.
And then you get there and like, oh surprise, we got three more rooms.
We'll get it done, but it's nice heads up.
(Video cuts to an In-Home Estimator)
No loose items. So try and have everything boxed up, packed up, taped up.
The more organized you can be, the better your move goes.
(Video cuts a move manager)
You be ready and we're ready.
(Video and music end with the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK word logo and the video title "Moving" below it.
(Video starts out with Ukulele music in the background with three movers carrying boxes out of a customers home. The video title "Selecting a Moving Company Two Men And A Truck" is displayed on the screen)
(Video cuts to an interview of a customer service representative for a local Two Men And A Truck franchise.)
So finding a moving company can be difficult because moving is a very stressful situation.
A lot of times it comes, um, very unexpectedly.
Um, so they have to make, um, a very quick decision.
Um, and sometimes it's not the most informed, um,
and those that can make it very difficult.
(Video cuts to a Two Men And A Truck operations manager sitting at his desk)
Being able to move, you're, you're moving your whole life, you want to be able to make sure
whoever you choose can do everything you need, whether that's, you know, getting rid of any items you don't want anymore,
whether they can move every item that you have, you know, some moving companies may not be able to move certain things.
So a lot of people wanna be sure they choose a moving company that, you know, they could fully trust.
(The title "Guaranteeing security with your movers" displays on the screen for a few moments)
(Video cuts back to the customer service representative)
A reputable Moving company is usually licensed, bonded, and insured.
(Video cuts to a moving truck with the back opened)
(Two Movers carry a couch into the back of the moving truck)
Um, which basically means we're, we're registered with the state or, um, that we're operating in as well as, um, if someone were to get hurt on the job, the homeowner is protected
by our license and bonding.
(Video shows an employee typing on her computer)
Online reviews definitely have a, a very big effect on, you know, your, your business.
(Another employee using their computer)
So whenever I'm looking to go buy something online.
(Video cuts back to employee typing on her keyboard)
I'm, I'm, you know, looking at the reviews first and seeing what, what other people have said about, you know, set product or company.
(Video cuts back to operations manager sitting at his desk)
So you definitely wanna be able to take care of people where you can.
So, you know, you have those overwhelming positive reviews.
(video then shows the title "know what your paying for")
(Video cuts back to the customer service representative)
Two Men And A Truck deposits um are usually pretty low, um in terms of the total move cost.
(One mover is setting up orange in the road behind the moving truck)
And then they, for the most part are refundable up until a certain point.
(video show a mover carrying a wheel chock)
Um And they're applied to the move total.
(Video cuts back to the customer service rep)
They're not an additional fee.
(Video cuts to the title "Communication during the move process)
(Video cuts to the operations manager)
Communication is very important during the moving process.
(Customer service rep answering the phone)
Uh A lot of customers have, you know, they're always gonna have questions
that come across, you know, during the move.
(Video cuts to a moving truck driving in a parking lot)
And sometimes they're wondering if, you know, guys can take extra items and maybe the guys aren't quite sure.
So they'll be able to, you know, reach out to us and ask us if you don't have a good communication to start in the day, then things get kind of confusing.
(Video cuts to an interview of one of the movers)
Um for instance, for addresses and things like that or like even getting like carpet shield down for them just to make sure that their homes protected.
It's not um it's not a good thing to have them in the, in the dark about things.
It's good to be as open as you can with them and be as comfortable as you can with them just to kind of get them through the Day.
(Video ends with a call to action and the Two Men And A Truck logo and tagline "Movers Who Care")
(Video Starts out with the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Logo and piano music in the background)
(Video cuts to the title of the video "What Movers Can't Move")
(Video cuts to the words "What Items Won't You Move From My Garage" and cartoon graphic of a small garage with stuff piling out of it)
(A narrator begins speaking)
My garage is jam packed with stuff.
Are there any items you can't move for me?
(Video cuts to a graphic of the word "NO" with different hazard symbols in the letters. Underneath the graphic are the words Flammable, Explosive, Corrosive.)
Regardless of the circumstances, we will not move any flammable explosive or corrosive items.
(Video cuts to a graphic of a green tractor)
If you want us to move your lawnmower, snow blower or other machines that run on gasoline,
(A Gas tank appears and the tractor flips upside down and drains gas into the gas tank)
please be sure to drain the tank prior to moving day.
(Video cuts to a graphic of a bag that says "super plant grow, make your plants growier, fertilizer on it")
There are a number of hazardous materials we can't move including fertilizer,
(A fire extinguisher appears of the fertilizer)
fire extinguishers,
(A graphic of a car battery and multiple batteries appears above the other graphics)
batteries,
(A bottle of bleach graphic appears)
household cleaners
(A propane tank moves across the screen with fire coming out of the bottom of it, making it look like a rocket)
and propane tanks.
(Video cuts to the "NO" graphic that appeared already)
For a complete list of hazardous materials, we won't move, contact your local two men in a truck office.
My house is full of potted plants.
(Video cuts to a gold pot, then a catus grows out of the pot)
How would the movers handle those?
(A series of animals move across the screen behind the cactus plant. Animal noises can be heard in the background)
TWO MEN AND A TRUCK doesn't transport any living things including plants and animals, depending on the weather.
Our trucks can get very hot or very cold inside.
There's also a lack of good air flow in the trucks.
Please be sure to make other arrangements for moving your pets and plants.
(The words "Will They Move My Food" appear on the screen)
I'm concerned my frozen food will thaw in your truck during the move.
What should I do?
(A variety of different cartoon food s appear on the screen)
For a variety of reasons Two men in a truck can't move perishable items including fresh refrigerated and frozen foods.
These items can rot spoil and smell in the truck.
Try to plan your meals to minimize the amount of food you have left.
(The words "Movers Can't Move Food" slow appear on the screen as the foods disappear one by one)
Come moving day, you will be responsible for transporting it or giving it away.
(Video cuts to the words "What personal items should I move" displaying on the screen)
What personal items should I plan to move myself?
(Video cuts to a graphic of cartoon jewelry, cash, and two stick figures with the words "take important items with you" at the above it)
We recommend cash, jewelry, photographs and important papers be taken with you as well as other items that may have strong
sentimental value.
(The RX symbol representing pharmacy appears on screen. Then a pill bottle appears on screen)
We also don't move prescription drugs because we don't want to pack anything on the truck that you may need in case of a life threatening illness.
(A table with pills on it appears)
(Video cuts to a graphic of a pill bottle, first aid kit, toilet paper, and a TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Moving Day Box)
If you have items that you can't live without, we recommend keeping them with you during the move.
(Video cuts to a series of words of the things movers cannot move including the words "Movers Will Not Move," "Hazardous Materials," "plants and animals," "perishable items," "prescription drugs," "money," "sentimental and important items," and the disclaimer at the bottom "For a complete list, please contact your Local Two Men And A Truck Office.")
These are just some examples of items that we don't allow on the moving trucks for a complete list.
Please contact your local two men in a truck office by planning ahead.
You can help avoid last minute problems making moving day less stressful.
(Video ends by cutting to the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK stick figure logo, tagline "Movers Who Care," and the company website.)