NorthStar Moving Rescues Thousands of Pounds of Food-LA Marathon

On March 19, the 2017 Los Angeles Marathon gathered over 24,000 runners, forming the fourth largest marathon in the United States and the tenth largest worldwide. That means that the race organizers needed to order enough food and beverages for 24,000 exhausted and hungry runners after they crossed the finish line. At races of this size, there’s always a lot of food that gets left behind. That’s where our network can help.

NorthStar Moving rescued approximately 5,000 pounds of food — that’s the equivalent of more than 4,000 meals — from the marathon and delivered them to the Valley Food Bank.

Making Time to Make a Difference

As anyone who’s ever worked in the relocation industry will tell you, summer is the busiest time of year. The increased workload hasn’t stopped our partners from making time to give back to their communities. Since May, our moving partners have delivered over 473,000 pounds of food – that’s over 394,000 meals – to food banks and pantries across the United States and Canada. Here’s a closer look at just a few of the events they’ve been involved in this summer:

NorthStar Moving collected over 7,000 pounds of food during their Let’s Send Hunger Packing drive.

More Than Just a Moving Company: An Interview with NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Laura McHolm

Laura McHolm co-founded NorthStar Moving 20 years ago when she was working as an attorney and felt the desire to do something unexpected. She believes that if people have a happy move, they will have a happy home. Thus, the theme of NorthStar Moving is “Moving Happiness Home.” Her philosophy also applies to her organization, which has been named among the “best places to work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal. McHolm is deeply committed to helping others in many ways.

NorthStar Moving and Coldwell Banker Team Up To Collect Nearly 6,000 Meals

From May 2 through June 17, NorthStar Moving held their fourth Annual “Let’s Send Hunger Packing” food drive with the help of 30 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage locations throughout Southern California. This year, they were able to collect 7,132 pounds of food, which equates to about 5,900 meals! NorthStar Moving also volunteered to deliver the donations to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.

Certificate of Achievement

During the 99th CMSA (California Moving and Storage Association) conference in, CMSA and Move for Hunger presented NorthStar Moving with the 2016 Certificate of Achievement for the second consecutive year. The award is given to moving companies that go above and beyond to fight hunger in their greater community. NorthStar Moving was also recognized by Move for Hunger for collecting enough food to provide over 25,000 life-saving meals to their community, an enormous meal milestone.

What Not to Pack When Moving

You have gone through the packing drills: Boxes? check; Tape? check; Precise type of boxes? check. Ready, set, go! Start packing! Wait a second! Hold it! Before you pack every tea cup and toy car in your home; take a break and step back. There are some items you should first set aside; these items should not be packed. Certain valuables should always be kept close to you during a move, other items can be dangerous and some items simply should be left to the pros to pack to prevent injury and breakage.

How Many Moving Boxes Will I Need?

Make the packing process easy by calculating how many boxes you need in advance. You will save time and money; avoid running out multiple times to get more boxes or spending money on boxes you don’t need. You don’t need to solve a Rubik’s cube to be able to do the moving boxes math. You’re in luck, we have created a handy graph to give you an estimate of how many boxes you’ll need based on the size of your home.

Hunger Fighting Hero Award

NorthStar Moving Company was awarded the 2014 Hunger Fighting Hero Award from Move For Hunger for helping to raise and donate 8,109 lbs. of food to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.

Thank you letter from Move For Hunger
2014 Hunger Fighting Hero Award

Second Annual ‘Lets Send Hunger Packing’ Food Drive

NorthStar Moving Company is teaming up with Coldwell Banker to host their second annual “Let’s Send Hunger Packing” Food Drive. Their goal: make sure no child goes to bed hungry. Donating is easy. Simply bring your non-perishable food donations to any Coldwell Banker location throughout Los Angeles with a “Let’s Send Hunger Packing” collection box from June 16 to August 15.

NorthStar Moving Partners with Move for Hunger to Host 2nd Annual Holiday Food Drive

California’s premier eco-luxury moving company sends hunger packing; donate food today at Los Angeles area buildings

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 17, 2012 — NorthStar Moving® Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, has once again teamed up with Move for Hunger, a non-profit organization working with moving companies across the country to deliver food to local food banks, to host the second annual “Holiday Food Drive: Let’s Send Hunger Packing!” to aid in feeding children and their families in Los Angeles County.

“Last year NorthStar Moving collected 1,200 pounds of food, so we are thrilled to partner with the company again to assist in such a critical effort for the Los Angeles community,” said Executive Director of Move for Hunger Adam Lowy. “The generous donations will truly make a difference for the more than 1.7 million in LA County who are at risk of hunger every day, including 400,000 children.”

The food drive runs through December 27, 2012. NorthStar Moving will then transport all of the donated items to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. Donations are being accepted at ten of Los Angeles’ top apartment buildings, all of which have generously agreed to donate space for the food drive:

Apex, 900 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90015, (213) 239-0663

SB Tower, 600 S. Spring Street, #106, Los Angeles, CA 90014, (213) 359-6137

SB Grand, 312 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013, (213) 761-2635

SB Manhattan, 215 W. 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014, (213) 377-8038

SB Lofts, 548 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014, (818) 974-9851

SB Spring, 650 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014, (213) 761-9455

SB Main, 111 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014, (818) 300-1558

The Carabella at Warner Center, 6300 Variel Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, (818) 703-6224

The Avenue,1619 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028, (323) 876-1619

655 Hope, 655 S Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017, (213) 489-1951

Donations can also be dropped off at NorthStar Moving’s headquarters at 9120 Mason Avenue, Chatsworth, California, as well as online.

“One out of four children in Los Angeles County go to bed hungry. By donating even one food item you will be helping feed a hungry child. Either drop off food or donate directly to the Los Angeles Food Bank. You can do this now without even having to go to the grocery store. Just donate online. Please join us in our goal of providing every family a warm meal so their table can be a true holiday table,” said NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Laura McHolm. “We are asking everyone to please join us in sending hunger packing! And we are so inspired by our partners at the area apartment buildings and Move for Hunger who have been absolutely wonderful in helping us fill our trucks to supply the Los Angeles Food Bank at this critical time of year.”