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Truck Pull fundraiser a huge success

October 11, 2022 | Bekins Company News

BEKINS VAN LINES RAISES THOUSANDS FOR NATIONAL NONPROFIT

The Bekins team had a busy several days in the first week of October promoting and hosting our first Truck Pull fundraiser based in Indianapolis. The family-friendly competition’s goal was to raise money for Give Kids The World. Bekins Van Lines sponsors Keaton’s Korral, a horse riding attraction on the campus of the nonprofit resort that hosts children with critical illnesses and their families for weeklong, cost-free vacations, bringing happiness and hope to those who need it most.

THANK YOU TO CORPORATE SPONSORS

Before we share more photos, video of the morning show truck pull demo, and announce the amount of money raised for GKTW, let us thank the sponsors that got us past our $20,000 goal:

INDIANAPOLIS TV STATION WTHR FEATURED THE TRUCK PULL FUNDRAISER ON 13SUNRISE 

While the majority of the fundraising occurred on the corporate level, Bekins needed spectators to cheer on the competing teams and buy dinner at onsite food trucks to help support the nonprofit. That’s why part of the effort to raise money for Give Kids The World included garnering publicity such as the Wednesday, Oct. 5 spots during the 4:30 to 7 am morning show on the Indianapolis TV station, WTHR.

The station showed several segments:

  • An interview with Bekins president A.J. Schneider on who Bekins is and how the company became connected with GKTW.
  • Sound bites from Matt Paxton about the van line and PBS partnership.
  • GKTW alumni family the Ginthers talking about their experience in Central Florida and how much it meant to not only their Wish child Hannah, but also to their other children.
  • Cheerleading feature! Hannah and a friend performed Truck Pull fundraiser cheers on camera.
  • A truck pull demonstration by Matt Paxton and 10 members of the Bekins team: Chris Banguis, Ron Borkowski, Brenda Carter, Kevin Miller, April Milner, Paul Salmon, A.J. Schneider, Jaymie Shook, Justin Swing, and Brett Welch.

GETTING SET UP FOR THE TRUCK PULL FUNDRAISER

Finally, Thursday evening saw a ton of people joining in to help set up and run the Truck Pull fundraiser. Staff set up tables and chairs, popped canopies, put together easels to hold sponsor signs, strung up banners, laid out t-shirts, gloves, and games, and so much more. 

Once things were set up and people began to arrive, more volunteers appeared to run the show, and not to be outdone, several members of the team put on their gloves and pulled the truck!

Thank you to all our volunteers and participants:

PULL THAT TRUCK

Scoreboard showing team pull times at truck pull fundraiser

Nine teams of ten donned work gloves and yanked the truck 100 feet across the finish line, with Morse Moving & Storage and Cory Shook – State Farm coming out as the top two. In the Championship round, the moving team outpaced the insurance team by almost two seconds. Very impressive!

Thank you to team sponsors:

  • Bekins Van Lines staff
  • Morse Moving & Storage* 2022 Indy Truck Pull Champions!
  • Win Daily (Kustom Disaster Restoration)
  • Cory Shook – State Farm* 2022 Indy Truck Pull Runner Up!
  • TTN Fleet Solutions, who traveled all the way to Indiana from Texas!
  • Hauling Bootcamp, consisting of moving company representatives from all over the country
  • HJ Spier Insurance
  • Indy Pickleball Club

TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED FOR GKTW THROUGH THE TRUCK PULL FUNDRAISER

We surpassed our goal for the nonprofit! Couldn’t have done it without our sponsors, participants, and volunteers. Visit https://give.gktw.org/keatonskorral to donate toward the great work GKTW does for children and families. Visit IndyTruckPull.com for more photos and videos in the weeks to come. Email bekinsmarketing@wvlcorp.com if you’d like information about our upcoming 2023 Truck Pull fundraiser.

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