Drop Off Your Movers for Moms Donations At Brighton Ford

We are collecting women's hygiene items for LACASA - Livingston County, MI all month long. Thanks to TWO MEN AND A TRUCK in Brighton for organizing this drive special for Mother's Day! #BelieveInOurCommunity

Learn more about the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Program Movers for Mom’s:

Working with charities and giving back to the community is a high priority here at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®, and one of our top campaigns,  Movers for Moms®, has kicked off.

When Mary Ellen Sheets founded the company in 1985, one of the main goals she had was using her platform as a business owner to help others any way she could. The Movers for Moms® program focuses on helping mothers in need around the time of Mother’s Day by providing them with essential care items they need most. While most moms are being celebrated during Mother’s Day, many are living in shelters due to unfortunate circumstances in their lives. This campaign aims to make this day a little more enjoyable for them, and to show appreciation and compassion for all they do.

“From day one, Mary Ellen took care of charities, and the brand has raised the bar even as we continue to drive our vision and achieve success,” said TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® CEO Jeff Wesley. “To have our own charity that is integrated within the brand and supporting moms in need is something to be so proud of. The hard work of every TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® location and team member, along with the impact they have, is just phenomenal. I am so proud of the Movers for Moms® program and all of the locations dedicated to moving moms forward.”

The program was created by TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® in 2007 and is the most successful campaign the system sees throughout the year. Since the program’s creation, we have been able to collect over 800,000 items that have been donated.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® partners with local businesses, organizations, and schools, along with women’s, family, and homeless shelters in their communities to make this all possible, donating trucks and manpower to pick up and deliver charitable items that are donated to recipient shelters. Donation items vary from shelter to shelter, but often include things like soaps, hair styling products, shampoos, conditioners, pillows, blankets, slippers, and other clothing items.

2016 was the most successful year of Movers for Moms® to date, as we were able to collect more than 285,000 items! The program took place in 39 states, and each franchise location for TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® participated last year. We were able to partner with more than 400 businesses, schools, and community centers across the country to make this all possible.

If you would like to donate items locally, please drop them off at the Brighton Ford Showroom and if you have any questions please email Movers4Moms@twomen.com.

Click here to learn more about Brighton Ford in our community

Click here to learn more about TWO MEN AND A TRUCK’s Movers For Mom’s Program

Click here to learn more about LACASA 

Drop-off Donations For Mothers on Mother’s Day At Brighton Ford

We are collecting women's hygiene items for LACASA - Livingston County, MI all month long. Thanks to TWO MEN AND A TRUCK in Brighton for organizing this drive special for Mother's Day!

 

#BelieveInOurCommunity

Learn more about the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Program Movers for Mom’s:
Working with charities and giving back to the community is a high priority here at TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®, and one of our top campaigns,  Movers for Moms®, has kicked off.

When Mary Ellen Sheets founded the company in 1985, one of the main goals she had was using her platform as a business owner to help others any way she could. The Movers for Moms® program focuses on helping mothers in need around the time of Mother’s Day by providing them with essential care items they need most. While most moms are being celebrated during Mother’s Day, many are living in shelters due to unfortunate circumstances in their lives. This campaign aims to make this day a little more enjoyable for them, and to show appreciation and compassion for all they do.

“From day one, Mary Ellen took care of charities, and the brand has raised the bar even as we continue to drive our vision and achieve success,” said TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® CEO Jeff Wesley. “To have our own charity that is integrated within the brand and supporting moms in need is something to be so proud of. The hard work of every TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® location and team member, along with the impact they have, is just phenomenal. I am so proud of the Movers for Moms® program and all of the locations dedicated to moving moms forward.”

The program was created by TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® in 2007 and is the most successful campaign the system sees throughout the year. Since the program’s creation, we have been able to collect over 800,000 items that have been donated.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® partners with local businesses, organizations, and schools, along with women’s, family, and homeless shelters in their communities to make this all possible, donating trucks and manpower to pick up and deliver charitable items that are donated to recipient shelters. Donation items vary from shelter to shelter, but often include things like soaps, hair styling products, shampoos, conditioners, pillows, blankets, slippers, and other clothing items.

2016 was the most successful year of Movers for Moms® to date, as we were able to collect more than 285,000 items! The program took place in 39 states, and each franchise location for TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® participated last year. We were able to partner with more than 400 businesses, schools, and community centers across the country to make this all possible.

If you would like to donate items locally, please drop them off at the Brighton Ford Showroom and if you have any questions please email Movers4Moms@twomen.com.

Click here to learn more about Brighton Ford in our community

Click here to learn more about TWO MEN AND A TRUCK BRIGHTON  

Click here to learn more about LACASA 

The History Of Mother's Day

BRIGHTON, Mich. – The second Sunday in May is reserved for the women who have brought us into the world: our mothers. The history of Mother's Day is a lot different than what most people believe. Long thought to be a classic "Hallmark Holiday", "Mother's Day" in a sense, has been celebrated since ancient Roman and Greek societies were at their highest.

Celebrations of mothers and motherhood initially started with the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held grand festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, however the clearest modern precedent for Mother's Day is the early Christian festival known as "Mothering Sunday", which took place during the 1600's.  

We can actually trace the roots of the modern Mother's Day celebration to many localized celebrations throughout the United States during the 19^th century. This includes Albion, Michigan where Juliet Calhoun Blakely, a temperance activist inspired a local Mother's Day celebration in the city of Albion itself in the 1870's. Anna Jarvis is considered to have founded the "official" Mother's Day in 1905, following her mother's death. Jarvis started a massive, nationwide campaign that focused on urging the national government to make Mother's Day an official holiday, all to honor her mother. Her intense persistence paid off and in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson sighed an office measure establishing the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.

Today, many countries throughout the world celebrate different versions of Mother's Day, including Thailand and even Ethiopia. Here in the United States, Mother's Day continues to be celebrated by presenting mothers and other influential women with gifts and flowers, and has quickly become one of the biggest holidays for consumer spending. In the United States alone, approximately $14 billion dollars is spent on Mother's Day.

Isn't the history of Mother's Day so interesting? We thought so! Do you have any Mother's Day traditions that your celebrate with your family? Share them with us! We care about our customers at Brighton Ford, and are always thinking of way to make sure they have a safe, and enjoyable driving experience wherever they travel! We are located at 8240 Grand River Ave. just north of I-96 in Brighton. We are a family owned and operated business that strives for customer satisfaction. For more information on Brighton Ford visit BrightonFord.com or give us a call at (800) 836-7417.

Visit our "Believe in our Community" website: http://www.brightonford.com/believe