Moving Our Community Forward

2024 marks the 17th year for the MOVERS FOR MOMS® program and the 12th year it’s been a national program! TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Madison has participated in this very special campaign since its very beginning.

For the month leading up to Mother's Day, we place donation boxes at local businesses and collect essential care items which we then deliver directly to local women's shelters right before Mother’s Day.

During COVID-19, domestic violence has been on the rise, and the need is greater than ever before. Many relief programs are now ending, and we are proud to continue partnering with Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) to help make life a little easier for women who find themselves in a shelter on Mother’s Day.

Thanks to all of our amazing 2024 Community Partners who are hosting physical donation boxes! 

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Rolls Out the Barrels for Share Your Holidays 2021

The 26th annual NBC15 Share Your Holidays campaign is under a month away, and ahead of the kickoff, Second Harvest Foodbank and TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison rolled out donation barrels together for the 14th consecutive year.

Neal Stake, general manager, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Madison, was onsite at 6 a.m. to oversee operations and speak to NBC15.

“Right now they’re empty barrels,” Stake said. “But in a few short weeks, they’re going to be full barrels, and we’re going to be able to feed a lot of people. That’s really what we’re excited about. It’s going to be very exciting to see the fruits of all this labor—to see just how generous our community is.”

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison is proud to partner with Second Harvest and NBC15 to help eradicate food scarcity in the greater Madison area. On Wednesday, October 20, 139 barrels were distributed to 63 locations across Dane County.

The campaign kicks off on November 3 and this year’s goal is five million meals. The barrels will be picked up from the locations on December 8 and 9, and donations will be sorted at the Alliant Energy Center on December 15, during the Share Your Holidays Sort-a-Thon.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison Announces Two-Year Sponsorship with Madison Capitols

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison is delighted to announce a two-year sponsorship with the Madison Capitols, a Tier I junior ice hockey team that plays in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League. Founded in 2014, the team plays its home games at Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton, Wisconsin. 

The team has stormed back into the public eye this year with new fan experiences, promotions, and the introduction of the MC84 Season Membership. This will also be the first chance for the new leadership of Head Coach & General Manager, Tom Upton, and Associate Head Coach, Corey Leivermann to get behind the bench for the Capitols after being hired in the summer of 2020 and then waiting out COVID restrictions.

The sponsorship is part of the TWO MEN AND A Truck commitment to engaging with the communities where we live and work. Lisa Paley, President, Lightner Marketing Group, a TWO MEN AND TRUCK franchise group in Southeast and Southwest Wisconsin, said, “We’re thrilled to be working with the Capitols again and so happy to see them back on the ice. There’s an incredibly strong alignment between our two organizations’ commitments to supporting families and community engagement. We're looking forward to a great season.”

As part of the sponsorship, Truckie, the engaging TWO MEN AND A TRUCK mascot, will participate in several theme night mascot dance-offs, including the following:

• Saturday, December 4 – Teddy Bear Toss Night
• Saturday, January 15 – Mascot Mania
• Saturday, April 16 – Caps Carnival

In addition to the Truckie Dance-Offs, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK will sponsor the “Move of the Game,” a season-long initiative where randomly selected fans are awarded improved seats. Also look for our new Junk Removal signs on trash receptacles, hat trick ice clean-up vests, and more!  

This season, Madison will face off with in-state rivals, the Green Bay Gamblers, a season-high of 11 times. Other opponents include 10 games against the Chicago Steel, 9 against the Youngstown Phantoms, 8 games vs. each Michigan team (USNTDP and Muskegon Lumberjacks), 7 against close rivals, the Dubuque Fighting Saints, 6 vs. the Cedar Rapids Roughriders, and 1 taking on the Waterloo Black Hawks.  

Click here to view the Capitols complete 2021-22 schedule. Join us in supporting our local team!

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Madison has been named “Best Moving Company” in Madison for 2021-22. Following a public poll, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison once again took the No. 1 slot for Best Moving Company in the “Best of Madison" Awards conducted by Madison Magazine. This recognition creates a two-year streak for the franchise, which has been serving Madison and its surrounding areas since 1993.

At the end of May, nominations were tallied and TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison was selected to be in the running for “Best Moving Company.” The top six nominees were then determined by popular vote. Fans and customers had approximately a month to go online to cast their daily votes for TWO MEN AND A TRUCK to win.

“This honor highlights our long-term commitment to the Greater Madison community,” said Tim Lightner, CEO, and franchisee of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison. “We live and work with the good people of Madison, and it is an honor and privilege to help move our communities forward every day,” he said. “A sincere thank-you to all who voted.”

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Madison supports seniors living independently in the Madison community by hosting an annual event called “Two Men WITHOUT A Truck.”

For the tenth consecutive year, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison will be donating a full day of in-home moving and junk removal to members of Sharing Active Independent Lives (SAIL), a local senior organization in Madison that celebrates independence and stewardship in older adults. By providing in-home moving assistance and the removal of unwanted items for SAIL members, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK helped protect the health and well-being of 16 Madison-area seniors who live independently. 

Tasks requested ranged from hauling away a piano, moving items from a basement to a camper, moving outdoor furniture from to a patio, straightening out a large rug in a TV room, prepping for a move, and many more. 

Heather Gustafson, sales director, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, said, " This is my absolute favorite day of the year. It feels so great to work for a company that gives back to the community this way. I always try to ride along on the Two Men WITHOUT a Truck visits, because I love talking with the seniors and seeing what a difference this day makes in their lives."

For 22 years, NBC 15 has hosted an annual food drive that engaged partners across our community to benefit Second Harvest Foodbank of Southcentral Wisconsin. Since 2013, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® has provided all the transportation of food and donation barrels and has proudly served as a key partner in this enormously successful campaign all across Dane County. As part of the 2017 drive, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®'s contribution contributed 81,396 meals to the fight against hunger. 

Each spring, Junior League of Madison helps hundreds of girls by providing free prom dresses plus shoes, accessories and more. By helping these young ladies feel beautiful, Junior League is helping build confidence while alleviating the expense of formal wear. TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® provides all the transportation of dresses to the event, and back to storage for next year afterward. We proudly donate more wardrobe boxes and moving services each year so dresses that weren’t selected this year may be safely stored for next year’s event.

Bucky on Parade brings Madison's favorite local sports icon to life. More than 100 life-size Bucky Badger statues will flood the streets of Madison and Dane County from May through September 12, with local artists putting their own unique twists on each Bucky. Proceeds from Bucky on Parade will benefit Garding Against Cancer, Madison Area Sports Commission, and other community charities.

The Sugar Plum Luncheon™ is Milwaukee’s premier holiday-themed event and auction. This Children’s Wisconsin tradition, now in its 33rd year, has brought thousands of people together and raised over $2 million dollars for the kids and families in our community. TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison has been a longtime admirer of the life-changing work coming out of Children's Wisconsin. This year we stepped up as the marquee sponsor, donating dollars and resources to raise awareness and support for kids in need. 

"All of us at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK are in awe of the amazing work being done at Children's Wisconsin," said Tim Lightner, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK franchisee. "Giving back to the community has been a core value of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK since the beginning, and we are so honored to be part of this good work."

We love getting involved with community events! The Stoughton Syttende Mai is one of our favorites! The festival is a weekend-long celebration of Norwegian heritage featuring fun activities and cultural experiences for the whole family. 

The city-wide festival takes place every year on the weekend closest to Norway’s May 17th Constitution Day, also known as Syttende Mai. From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, Stoughton enjoyed an influx of Norwegians, and at one time, as many as 75 percent of its residents spoke Norwegian. These immigrants celebrated Syttende Mai unofficially, but it became an annual, city-wide tradition in the 1950s. 2020 would’ve marked the 67th consecutive year the festival has been organized by the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce(opens in a new window).

We love dressing up our truck and ourselves and diving into the parade route! The parade begins with law enforcement, safety, and military veterans’ color guards. Clowns, dancers, and gymnasts perform, along with marching bands and local music stations—and of course, there's Truckie without his usual close shave! 

In partnership with First Book, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison gave 200+ copies of When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L. B. Deenihan to fifth graders at Van Hise Elementary. The books will be part of a special reading program led by teacher Katie Mahr, where fifth graders are paired up for reading with students in the kindergarten and first grade. TWO MEN AND A TRUCK movers, drivers, and franchise leadership participated in helping students practice their reading aloud and write an introductory letters to their new younger reading companions.

The book giveaway is part of a systemwide initiative by Lightner Management Group, which owns TWO MEN AND A TRUCK franchises in Madison, New Berlin, Racine and Milwaukee. For every new hire made during the month of April, a the biggest hiring month for TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, two books are donated to a local educational organization that serves kids. 

"As a moving company, we move  a lot of stuff," said Tim Lightner, founder and franchisee, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Madison. "But what truly drives us every day is our desire to help move PEOPLE forward—our customers, our communities, and our employees. By putting books into the hands of kids who need them, we hope to help instill a lifelong love of reading and learning in them. Literacy helps people move forward."

The event, now in its second year for Lightner Management Group, is eagerly anticipated by students and TWO MEN AND A TRUCK staff alike. Truckie, the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK plush mascot, lent a listening ear to many young readers, entertained everyone with his dance moves, and never tired of yet another "high five."