PODS® of Tri-Counties caravans a wealth of canned goods for FOOD Share’s 3rd annual CAN-tree

OXNARD, Calif. - Nov. 19, 2014 - PRLog -- To help Ventura County’s regional food bank have a successful holiday food drive, PODS, a local and storage company, will support and carry the heavy weight of FOOD Share’s CAN-tree Collection event. On Dec. 5-7, PODS will help transport more than 50,000 canned goods with its signature PODS® containers to the site of the food drive at The Collection at RiverPark. In addition, a 16-foot PODS container will become a holiday broadcast booth throughout the weekend.

Canned goods delivered will be used for the construction of more than 175 CAN-trees—holiday trees made with 600-800 canned goods— constructed by teams of local businesses and communities, including a 14-foot CAN-tree made with 10,000 canned goods sponsored by the Ventura County Credit Union.

“We’ve supported CAN-tree Collection from day one when FOOD Share introduced this incredible holiday food drive and we are thrilled to see how much this vital event has grown in just three short years,” said Steve Yapp, owner of PODS of Tri-Counties. “So we are happy to provide more PODS containers and hands on deck to ensure the safe and secure transport of canned goods that will provide more than 150,000 pounds of food for the hungry.”

“PODS has always been a great partner of ours and we’re always so grateful that Steve and his team always come through at times we need it most,” said Bonnie Weigel, president and CEO of FOOD Share. “Their ability to provide logistics to ensure participating teams receive all of the canned goods to build trees for FOOD Share will make for a successful event.”

About PODS of Tri-Counties
Steve Yapp is the owner of three Tri-Counties PODS franchises that serve residents and businesses in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Dedicated to the local community, Yapp’s franchises have donated hundreds of PODS containers to nonprofit and charitable organizations throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Diego and Los Angeles counties, since opening their doors in 2005.

A partial list of recipients include: Boys & Girls Clubs, FOOD Share of Ventura County, Casa Pacifica, Toys 4 Tots, California Strawberry Festival, Ojai Music Festival, Relay for Life, C.H.P. Holiday Toy Drive, Salvation Army, Santa Maria Good Samaritan, Oxnard Downtown Management District, Boy Scouts of Ventura County, California Visitors Center, Simi Valley Days, the Oxnard Salsa Festival, and Catholic Charities.

Founded in 1998, PODS currently provides moving and storage services to a population of more than 250,000,000 million consumers and businesses, in 48 U.S. states, Canada, Australia and the U.K., through its company-owned and independent franchise network. To date, the PODS network has completed more than 400,000 long-distance relocations, exceeded 2,000,000 million deliveries and has over 150,000 PODS containers in service.

For more information, go to: www.mylocalpods.com.