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While driving in Birmingham, Alabama, the founder of <a href="https://www.cheeriodicals.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=how-two-men-and-a-trucks-franchise-system-lives-its-motto-movers-who-care-2706529" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cheeriodicals</a>, Gary Parisher, saw a TWO MEN AND A TRUCK moving truck driving by with its motto plastered on the side: &ldquo;Movers Who Care.&rdquo; He had been looking for a way to get &ldquo;big green boxes of cheer&rdquo; made up of age-appropriate magazines, activity books, room decorations, puzzles, stickers and games to children in a hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He called the number and explained his predicament. To his surprise, he was told the company would deliver the boxes free of charge. Seven years later, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK locations across the U.S. and Canada have made more than 200 deliveries of over 50,000 boxes to children&rsquo;s hospitals.

Lauren Trost, a marketer with TWO MEN AND A TRUCK in Chicago and Des Plaines, Illinois, has been a major supporter of the project over the years. She first learned of the initiative when a sister franchise in St. Louis delivered a truckload of cheer.

&ldquo;I immediately realized how great the concept is. The boxes are created through a meaningful corporate team building event, and then we have the honor of delivering them to the hospital,&rdquo; Trost said. &ldquo;It is amazing to be part of the drop-off. We get to go to the hospital and have the ability to deliver these boxes to children and see their faces light up. It is truly incredible.&rdquo;

Not only is one of the brand&rsquo;s mottos &ldquo;Movers Who Care,&rdquo; but one of the company&rsquo;s values is to give back to the community.

&ldquo;We love to partner up and work with organizations that have the same goal to give back,&rdquo; Trost added. &ldquo;I think our partnership with Cheeriodicals is so amazing because we actually get to see how excited the kids are to receive gifts and toys that are totally unexpected and a pleasant surprise. It feels good to help make a child&rsquo;s day.&rdquo;

Trost and the Chicago-area movers and drivers have delivered a couple thousand boxes over the past four years and continue to look for ways to make the children&rsquo;s day memorable. In the past, the team has even brought TWO MEN AND A TRUCK&rsquo;s mascot, Truckie, to make the event even more fun for the children.

&ldquo;It&rsquo;s honestly such an honor to be a part of this process. It&rsquo;s an amazing group and what they&rsquo;re doing is incredible,&rdquo; said Trost. &ldquo;To go into rooms and hand these boxes to kids and families, the parents sometimes cry, they&rsquo;re so touched. It&rsquo;s very humbling and inspiring to be part of. By bringing in more employees to participate, we&rsquo;ve seen our team&rsquo;s lives change for the better, so we always look forward to a delivery day.&rdquo;

Franchise locations across the U.S. have participated in the deliveries, and this past March, hundreds of franchisees, managers and corporate office staff from TWO MEN AND A TRUCK&rsquo;s national Annual Meeting worked with representatives from Cheeriodicals to assemble one-of-a-kind children&rsquo;s gift boxes as a community-focused team-building activity.

&ldquo;Our values are an important part of our culture, and our franchise locations are deeply rooted in the local communities in which we live and work,&rdquo; said Dawn Kroeger, Marketing and Communications Director at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK. &ldquo;We have built such a strong, national partnership with Cheeriodicals, and being able to not only deliver the boxes, but to bring our system together and assemble them was an extremely meaningful and special memory for us.&rdquo;

Even with seven years of donating moves for Cheeriodicals, that program is not TWO MEN AND A TRUCK&rsquo;s longest standing charity initiative. The company has many other collections throughout the year aimed to give back, including collections for veterans through its Movers for Military collection, the Movers for Mutts program which supports dogs in animal shelters, <a href="https://twomenandatruck.com/about-us/community-service?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=how-two-men-and-a-trucks-franchise-system-lives-its-motto-movers-who-care-2706529" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">among others</a>. Franchisees choose to run the collections throughout the year, but there is one national campaign that all franchisees participate in each spring: Movers for Moms&reg;.

Each year, leading up to Mother&rsquo;s Day, franchise locations find community partners to host donation boxes and throw events with the goal of collecting necessities for women and children in shelters.

Tripp Moore, a franchisee in the Charlotte area, began this initiative in the early 2000s as an unofficial event with another franchisee in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Rob Felcher.

When asked what motivated the collection&rsquo;s beginnings, he says it felt natural.

&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s just part of who we are as a system at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK,&rdquo; Moore said. &ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t about gaining any type of direct return; it was about helping out people in the community who need it most. We thought, how do we help women and children the most? We decided to find a way to collect basic necessities for women and then Movers for Moms eventually evolved into what it is today.&rdquo;

And evolve, it has. This year, the company is projecting more than 300,000 items to be collected and donated to women and children in need in shelters across the U.S. Every franchise participates in Movers for Moms, but this is just one of the many collections that takes place throughout the year. When it comes to giving back, everyone in the system, from the corporate team to movers and drivers, gets to participate.

&ldquo;For me as a franchisee, I want to expose my employees to the community while doing these pick-ups and deliveries, and give them the ability to make local connections. I want them to dig in deeper into what they can do outside of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK and to feel good about making a difference in the lives of those who could use some help,&rdquo; Moore said. &ldquo;The ultimate joy as an operator of a franchise is to see people take this idea to the next level in their personal lives and to examine ways to help out in their own local communities as well.&rdquo;

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK&rsquo;s core value of giving back to the local community stems from what Founder Mary Ellen Sheets did with her first $1,000 in revenue. She cut 10 checks, each for $100 to different charities. With this idea in mind, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK has established many partnerships over the years, both nationally and in local markets, to give back whenever possible.

&ldquo;Giving back is in our blood,&rdquo; said Kroeger.&nbsp; &ldquo;Mary Ellen&rsquo;s initial acts set the tone for the following 30 years we&rsquo;ve been in business. Our franchise family feels blessed to be in the position to help others, and we are constantly looking for ways to make a difference in the communities in which we serve. If we&rsquo;re going to have &lsquo;Movers Who Care&rsquo; displayed on our trucks, we know that we&rsquo;re holding ourselves accountable to live out our core values on a daily basis.&rdquo;

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LANSING, Mich.&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://franchise.twomenandatruck.com/">TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®</a>,&nbsp;the full-service moving franchise with more than 430 locations and 3,000 trucks operating worldwide, is closing out 2025 after a successful year that included new franchise signings and openings across North America, expanded systemwide hiring, and the celebration of the brand’s 40th anniversary.Founded in 1985 as a small side business for two high school students in Lansing, Michigan, the brand has grown into an international moving company that has completed more than 10 million moves. Forty years later,&nbsp;<a href="https://twomenandatruck.com/">TWO MEN AND A TRUCK</a> continues to build on that legacy with a 96% customer referral rating and an expanding portfolio of services that includes local and long-distance moving, storage, packing, and boxes and supplies.“At the end of each year, it’s always important for us to reflect on whether we’re winning together,” said&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/randyshacka/">Randy Shacka</a>, president of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK. “That means our franchisees, our customers, our communities and our internal teams as a franchisor. When I look back at 2025, I truly believe we are stronger today than when the year began.”Throughout 2025, the brand continued to strengthen its franchise network across the United States and Canada. The system recorded 35 franchise transfers, 19 new franchise openings and 15 new franchise signings, welcoming eight owners or ownership groups that were new to the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK brand.A major highlight of the year was the brand’s annual Career Move Season, a systemwide hiring initiative held from March through May to prepare franchises for peak moving season. The goal for 2025 was to hire 6,500 team members across North America — a target the brand exceeded with 7,006 hires from more than 259,000 applicants.While many roles filled were movers and drivers, franchises also added customer service representatives, marketers, office managers and bookkeepers. The initiative reflects the brand’s long-standing commitment to career development, with one in three franchisees having started as frontline employees and more than 75% of managers promoted from within.“Providing opportunities has always been part of our DNA,” Shacka said. “Our goal is that people come to TWO MEN AND A TRUCK and grow — whether that means building a long-term career here or leaving better prepared for whatever comes next.”June once again proved to be the busiest month of the year, culminating in the brand’s Busiest Move Weekend from June 27-29. Across those three days, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK teams completed 4,967 moves, drove more than 721,000 miles, deployed 6,043 crew members, and moved more than 15.3 million pounds of belongings.Shacka said the weekend highlighted the experience, preparation, and culture across the franchise system, with many locations finding ways to celebrate their teams while delivering high-quality service during peak demand.As TWO MEN AND A TRUCK marked its 40th anniversary, the brand reflected on a journey that began with a single pickup truck and grew into a global moving network. Over four decades, the company has logged more than 556 million miles traveled, delivered nearly 32 million service hours, and moved more than 21.6 billion pounds of belongings.The brand has also remained committed to giving back, continuing the legacy started by founder&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ellen-sheets-43485a3/">Mary Ellen Sheets</a>. In 2025, franchises across the system participated in campaigns including&nbsp;Movers for Moms®,&nbsp;Movers for Meals®,&nbsp;Movers for Military®,&nbsp;Movers for Mutts® and&nbsp;Truckload of Warmth®, in addition to contributing to&nbsp;<a href="https://convoyofhope.org/">Convoy of Hope</a> and partnering with&nbsp;<a href="https://cheeriodicals.com/">Cheeriodicals</a>.In 2025, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK earned multiple national accolades, including recognition from Franchise Business Review and Entrepreneur, as well as Newsweek’s America’s Best Customer Service award. The brand was also ranked No. 122 on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500®, taking first place in the moving and junk-removal category.“These recognitions aren’t our why,” Shacka said. “They’re simply a reflection of the people who show up every day to serve customers and communities. When we stay focused on moving people forward, the results will follow.”In 2026, the company expects to continue operating across its moving, storage, packing, and long-distance services while maintaining its technology and franchise support programs. It is also looking to expand with franchise partners in New York, Texas, and California. To learn more about booking a move, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://twomenandatruck.com/">https://twomenandatruck.com</a> and to learn more about franchising opportunities, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://franchise.twomenandatruck.com">https://franchise.twomenandatruck.com</a>.ABOUT TWO MEN AND A TRUCK:&nbsp;Headquartered in Michigan, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK is an international, full-service franchised moving company with more than 430 locations and 3,000 trucks operating in 47 U.S. states in addition to Canada, Ireland and the UK. Each location is independently owned and operated and together, the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK network has performed more than 10 million moves since its inception in 1985. In 2025, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK was named a top franchise brand by Franchise Business Review and was also featured on Entrepreneur’s Franchisee 500 list, where the brand was ranked No. 1 in the Moving/Junk Removal Services category. The moving company known for moving people forward also received the No. 1 spot for Best National Moving Company in the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards contest. In 2021, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK was acquired by ServiceMaster® Brands, which is a leading franchise provider of needs-based residential and commercial services in the restoration, cleaning, moving, and bioremediation industries. ServiceMaster was founded as one of America’s first franchise businesses and does business under seven brands today across 50 states and nine countries that generate more than $3.5B in system-wide sales. For franchising opportunities, visit&nbsp;<a href="http://franchise.twomenandatruck.com">franchise.twomenandatruck.com</a>.&nbsp;

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<a href="https://franchise.twomenandatruck.com/">TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®</a> of&nbsp;<a href="https://twomenandatruck.com/movers/fl/treasure-coast">Treasure Coast</a> is now owned by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-wallace-b12b04b9">Rob Wallace</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-jent-74489716b/">Anthony Jent</a>, who took over the Port St. Lucie, Florida, location in September, according to a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tcbusiness.com/local-interest/two-men-and-a-truck-moving-business-under-new-ownership-on-treasure-coast/">recent Treasure Coast Business article</a>.Both owners started their careers with the brand as movers in Ohio. Wallace joined the company in 1996 while in college and later moved into leadership and ownership roles. Jent began as a mover in 2012 and worked his way into operations and management before becoming a co-owner of multiple locations.Today, Wallace and Jent own locations in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, along with additional territories in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The Treasure Coast acquisition is their fourth market together.The location will continue offering local and long-distance moving, packing services and the sale of boxes and packing supplies. The new owners plan to keep the existing team in place and remain involved in the local community.Read the full article&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tcbusiness.com/local-interest/two-men-and-a-truck-moving-business-under-new-ownership-on-treasure-coast/">here</a>.For more information on moving with TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, franchising or to find an open position with TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, please visit&nbsp;<a href="https://twomenandatruck.com/">TWO MEN AND A TRUCK | The Movers Who Care</a>.

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