Sacramento Sleighs: PODS Containers Prove Ultra-Useful in Holiday Drives For Local Charities

Online, January 13, 2011 (Newswire.com) - For the fourth year, PODS Sacramento teamed up with News 10 Coats for Kids, Chips for Kids, Toys For Tots and the Salvation Army, donating $8,500 in logistics and storage containers.

PODS Sacramento, part of the PODS Enterprises, Inc. national franchise network, donated logistics services and 29 portable storage containers to several local nonprofits this holiday season, allowing organizers to concentrate on fundraising efforts instead of expenses.

Over the holidays, from November through December, PODS Sacramento supported News10 Coats for Kids Winter Coat Drive, Chips for Kids Toy Drive, Toys For Tots and the Salvation Army local chapters. It is the fourth year PODS has partnered with these charities.

PODS Territory Manager Brian Bills says the 12 and 16-foot PODS containers provided extra on-site storage for donations received by each charity, saving the four nonprofits $8,500 in rental and delivery fees, staff time and fuel for its delivery trucks.

Now in its 20th year, Coats for Kids and its community partners collected and distributed nearly 40,000 coats to children and families in need this year, all stored for more than one month in PODS containers. With the Salvation Army, CHiPs and Toys For Tots clothing, more than 500 bicycles and thousands of toys and were collected from the community and stored in the containers.

PODS Sacramento serves all cities in the greater Sacramento area. For more information, visit the website at PODS.com/sacramento.aspx or call 866-229-4120.

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