PODS Atlanta Does Its Part for Wildlife

Zoo Atlanta is once again thankful for PODS – Portable On Demand Storage. In a superb example of corporate stewardship and commitment to the animals, mission, and programs of the city’s oldest cultural destination, PODS Atlanta provides free storage containers that enable the Zoo to focus greater resources on education, conservation and stewardship of wildlife from around the world. Read More

 

Home Run for Buckhead Baseball & PODS

The first event of the initiative, an equipment donation drive, is being held January 21 and 28th during tryouts, at Buckhead Baseball, 445 Pharr Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30305.  One of the most pressing challenges of certain inner city leagues is the shortage of player equipment including bats, gloves and helmets.  Players and parents of Buckhead Baseball are being asked to make donations of new or lightly-used equipment, which will be collected and transported to the Braves Baseball Academy in South Atlanta. Read More

 

PODS Supports Miles for Smiles 5K Run

One of the best ways to put smiles on many peoples’ faces, is to participate in the Miles for Smiles 9th Annual event taking place on Saturday, March 24,2012, at the Trinity Presbyterian Church, starting at 8 am.  Miles for Smiles is a 5K Run, 1K Fun Run and Tot Trot held each spring to benefit the Trinity Early Learning Center (TELC). This family-friendly event draws more than 400 runners from northwest Atlanta and TELC families. As TELC's largest fund-raiser, Miles for Smiles allows TELC to offer tuition assistance and scholarships to families in need while providing them with an excellent educational program in a nurturing environment. Read More

 

Storage for Atlanta Beer Festival

The Great Atlanta Beer Fest at Turner Field was held on Saturday October 8, 2011. Over 2,500 people came out to enjoy the perfect weather, great craft beers, live music including the Braves marching band, college football on the huge TV, and tasty ballpark food. Turner Field provided a wonderful setting for the event, and the PODS® storage container was a huge help providing temporary storage for beer fest supplies. Read More

 

Christmas Tree Fundraiser Supports Students

PODS, a leader in the moving and storage industry, is providing a PODS® storage container to support Segue Ministries’ Christmas Tree Fundraiser.

Segue Ministries has been putting on a Christmas Tree Fundraiser to help support their various programs for middle and high school students. They will sell beautiful Fraser Fir Christmas trees from a lot located at 4537 Chamblee Dunwoody Road.  In its first year as a fully independent non-profit, Segue expects this year’s Christmas Tree Fundraiser to help fill gaps in their financial budget, as well as spread awareness about the various programs that Segue offers to local schools. The tree lot also provides a great opportunity for students in the community to give back, by working at the tree lot to gain work hours for school service clubs. Read More

 

Gobblers & PODS Are Ready for Turkey Trot

More than 250 Gobblers will gather Monday, Nov. 21, for the 20thAnniversary of the Turkey Trot Invitational at The Golf Club of Georgia. “Twenty-years ago, eight friends got together to play golf and decided put up $50 each to buy Thanksgiving Dinner for two needy families,” said Clisby Clarke, one of the event’s founders and current Chairman of HBN. “That original gesture has grown to become a major fund-raiser for the ACVB’s Arts Council and the Atlanta Community Food Bank.” Read More

 

Project Restore & PODS Team Up

Earlier this year, in an effort to stabilize many of their neighborhoods, the City of McDonough did two things. First, they signed on as partners in the “Piece by Piece” initiative - a regional approach to stabilizing the destabilizing effects of foreclosure. And second, they aggressively sought to remedy code violations which were contributing to the decline of the neighborhoods. As a municipality, they felt very good about their commitment to preserving quality of life, as well as improving the economic outlook of their community. Read More

 

Norcross Art Fest Expands with the Support of PODS

Historic Norcross will be bursting with creative artwork and whimsical displays as more than 180 local and national artists line the charming streets at the eighth annual, invitation-only ART FEST October 1 and 2, 2011. Read More

 

Decatur Book Festival & PODS

The largest independent book festival in the nation – The Decatur Book Festival – takes place over the Labor Day weekend in Decatur, Georgia, for the 6th year in a row. With a focus on children and young adult literature this year, keynote speakers will be Colin Meloy, singersongwriter from the acclaimed band The Decemberists, and illustrator Carson Ellis, who will launch their first book collaboration at the festival. Wildwood - an epic, family-friendly, middlegrade fantasy novel full of magic, wonder, and danger is not to be missed. Read More

 

The Global Soap Project

Saving Lives and Improving Health with an Innovative Recycling Idea: The Global Soap Project & PODS. Derreck Kayongo, a former refugee from Uganda, became keenly aware through personal experience, that soap could reduce an exorbitant number of preventable deaths and illnesses. In 2009, he founded an organization, Global Soap Project (GSP), whose mission is to improve global health and save lives by providing recycled soap to vulnerable populations. Read More

 

Atlanta Arts Festival

 

The Atlanta Arts Festival takes place this September 17 and 18 in picturesque Piedmont Park and is a free event you won’t want to miss. Two hundred skilled artists from across the country were carefully selected by a professional jury in 12 mediums: jewelry, painting, photography, ceramics and sculpture, leather and metal, glassblowing, wood and more. With a palette of artwork as diverse as the cultural city the festival calls home, Atlanta’s large art buying community will find unique pieces to add to their collection, shop for distinctive décor to complete any room in their home or office, and discover one-of-a-kind jewelry to accentuate their individual style. Price ranges vary, so every patron can expect to find something special that fits their taste and budget. The festival also features artist demonstrations, live music, crafts for the kids, festival food and beverages and more! Read More

 

Relay for Life & PODS Team Up!

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a fun-filled, life-changing, overnight event that gives the community a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, to remember loved ones lost, and to fight back against this devastating disease.

PODS Atlanta, owned by Ed McCrady, supported the Relay for Life cause by donating a PODS brand storage container for the storage of event management and logistical supplies. He said, “We at PODS always strive to be a good community partner. We are proud to be working with The American Cancer Society Relay for Life.” Read more

 

Getting to Know Thy Neighbor: Grace Midtown Yard Sale & PODS

This summer, Grace Midtown Church members wanted to hold a Yard Sale in their neighborhood to get to know their community better, make some new friends, and to downsize their personal possessions. They had outgrown their building, and having their entire church family bring their extra things into the building was out of the question. Read more

 

PODS Atlanta Joins Sweet Auburn Springfest Worldfest

PODS, a leader in the moving and storage industry, will provide containers for the 27th Annual Sweet Auburn Festival in Atlanta.

Local Atlanta business leaders, entertainers, artists, civil rights advocates and community activists are set to help emphasize and recognize African-American culture and commerce at the “grandest festival of the year on the greatest street on the planet.” The 27th Sweet Auburn SpringFest remembers yesteryear’s thriving Auburn Avenue in the 1940’s, ‘50’s and ‘60’s, with successful African-American-owned business and entertainment venues. This year celebrates the Mayor of Sweet Auburn, Charles E. Johnson.Read More

 

Snellville Days Festival & PODS Atlanta Bring Families Together

PODS, a leader in the moving and storage industry, will provide containers to be used for general storage and storage of small utility vehicle equipment for the Snellville Days Festival.

Snellville Days is an annual celebration featuring over 150 handmade craft and food vendors, a children’s activity area, continuous live entertainment, a FREE Saturday evening concert and much more… lots of fun for the entire family!Read More

 

The Westminster Schools Atlanta Refugee Project Goes National with PODS!

It all started in Atlanta with Westminster High School’s refugee project from two years ago, where students, teachers, and parents came together to outfit apartments for incoming refugee families in nearby Clarkston, Georgia. Working with their non-profit partner, Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta (RRISA), Westminster was able to set up twelve homes using donations of gentlyused furniture and household goods. Read More

 

PODS, a leader in the moving and storage industry, will donate a PODS® brand storage container for Girls on the Run race day supplies.

After months of preparation, over 700 Girls on the Run of Atlanta participants and their running buddies, coaches and friends will join in the New Balance Girls on the Run Spring 5k – an end-of- season celebration with over 1800 participants, being held on April 30, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. Read More

 

PODS Atlanta Supports Refugee Project with Trinity Presbyterian Church.

PODS, a leader in the moving and storage industry, will provide a container for Trinity Presbyterian’s annual household collection drive for refugee families.

Trinity Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, is gearing up for their 6th annual Trinity Serves day, where 400 members will engage in a variety of city outreach projects on Saturday, April 16th. They are excited, as one of these projects, in conjunction with PODS, will collect all the necessary household goods to completely furnish apartment homes for two refugee families to help them re-settle here in Atlanta. Read More

 

PODS Atlanta teams with Run the Reagan Road Race

PODS – Portable On Demand Storage, will donate several PODS^® brand storage containers to support the Run the Reagan Road Race, held on Saturday, February 19, 2011.

Run the Reagan holds a half marathon, 10K, 5K, and Fun Run, where 3,500 racers are expected to participate. Proceeds from the event this year will help raise funds for two charitable organizations: Gwinnet Community Clinic, which offers some reprieve for families in Gwinnett County in need of medical services, and YoungLife, a faith-based organization which works with parents, schools, churches and community groups to tackle the social problems that teenagers face. Read More

 

PODS Atlanta is proud to support the 2nd Annual Atlanta BAR-B-Q Festival. Atlanta’s largest 1-day BBQ cooking competition and festival attracts fans from Atlanta and the Southeast to enjoy the art of BBQ, great food, live entertainment and an interactive kid’s area. More than 50 professional and backyard BBQ teams from across the region will compete in a variety of individual cooking categories to win cash prizes, trophies and bragging rights. The city’s top BBQ restaurants will be on hand serving up their specialties. The Atlanta BBQ Festival on October 2, 2010 at Atlantic Station is produced by the Atlanta BBQ Club and Premier Events. Tickets for the event are $6 in advance or $10 day of show and kids 12 and under receive FREE admission when accompanied by an adult. For more information on this year’s event please visit www.atlbbqfest.com. Read More

 

PODS Atlanta is proud to support the 35th annual Atlanta Greek Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. The Atlanta Greek Festival allows the community to experience Greek culture, while living in a metropolitan city. Opening its doors to over 30,000 visitors, the festival provides delicious Greek food, scrumptious pastries and European wine and coffee. In addition, live Greek music and professional dance groups entertain our guests. Read More