Life Storage - Chicagoland?s Self StorageSupports a LocalFood Pantry and The 26th Annual Hunger Walk

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 22, 2011

LifeStorage, a premiere Chicago self storage provider of home and business storage and office solutions, is proud to announce a multitiered fundraising effort for The Pantry of Rich Township. The Pantry provides over 750 low-income families with food and basic household items.

Allison Thompson and Michael Gray, managers of the Matteson LifeStorage facility, are in charge of an in-house food and money collection effort, as well as a charity car wash to help raise money and goods for The Pantry. They also entered the 26th Annual Hunger Walk, which benefits a network of over 650 pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters in Cook County.

?We decided to reach out to our community and what better way to help than by fundraising for The Pantry, which provides such an important service,? Thompson said.

The Pantry is a non-for-profit, Salvation Army Unit extension, providing qualifying families non-perishable food items, personal care products, disposable diapers, and baby formula. It also offers limited utilities assistance. Once every year, families that receive shut-off notices from the electric or water companies can receive $ 50 towards outstanding bills.

?Personally we both feel it is a great organization and with the economy and gas prices as they are we all could use a little help,? Gray said. ?We are trying to help service the community of which we are in since the community is what helps us grow as a business.?

Vicki Sline, director of The Pantry, offers some insight into just how important support from companies like LifeStorage is. ?We are not funded by the township for food. We have to depend on fundraisers and private donations of money or foods to help support us in buying the needed items for our clients.?

Sline continues, ?The foods donated goes right back out to the community and The Hunger Walk money goes to credit our account at the Chicago Food Depository from which we purchase food for our shelves.?

Several Life Storage locations (LS Matteson, LS Mokena, LS Bridgview, LS South Chicago Heights participate in an ongoing collection of monetary and food donations, where they recently received a donation of $ 300 in bread products. All donations go directly to The Pantry to help them replenish stock.

Quickly approaching is the 26th Annual Hunger Walk in Chicago, on June 25th. Participants in the event walk a 5K course, helping raise funds and awareness for the Chicago Food Depository and its network of agencies, including The Pantry. It's the largest one-day anti-hunger event in Chicago.

On July 9th, there is a charity car wash at the Matteson LifeStorage, located at 21700 S Cicero Avenue. Music and refreshments will be provided by LifeStorage, and each donation provides donors with a car wash!

For more information on The Pantry, please visit: http://www.richtownship.org/pantry.asp

Or to find a LifeStorage location near you, please visit: http://www.lifestorage.net/self_storage/locations

About LifeStorage:

With 17 locations throughout Chicagoland Life Storage provides the best in household and commercial self storage services. Whether you are downsizing, relocating, or growing your business, Life Storage Centers offer the 21st century way to manage your belongings, records, and merchandise. Our drive-in and drive-thru convenience makes your move easy. Life Storage also offers records storage, document destruction and truck rentals. Tenants have access to their offices or storage facility with a keypad code for getting in after hours.

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Complete Medical Educators, Inc. Offers Life Saving Courses for Families Seeking To Enrich the Health and Safety of Their Children

Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 14, 2011

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Life Storage, Self Storage Company Holding Charity Clothing and Toy Drive

Matteson, IL (PRWEB) October 26, 2011

LifeStorage, Chicago self storage provider for home and business, records management and office solutions, is holding a charity drive for new clothes and new toys for children 10 years and younger at its Matteson location. The drive started at the beginning of October and runs through December 15th. All donations benefit The Pantry of Rich Township, an are that spans nine municipalities of the Chicago south suburbs.

The Pantry is a non-for-profit, Salvation Army Unit extension, providing qualifying families non-perishable food items, personal care products, disposable diapers, and baby formula. It also offers limited utilities assistance. Once every year, families that receive shut-off notices from the electric or water companies can receive $ 50 towards outstanding bills. LifeStorage Matteson has dedicated its time and efforts for the entire year towards raising food and money for The Pantry. The clothing and toy drive is just one of series of events that LifeStorage Matteson Store Managers Allison Thompson and Michael Gray have created.

LifeStorage Matteson is currently continuing with its food drive, participated in a hunger walk, held a charity car wash, and recently hosted a yard sale. Thompson and Gray have their eyes on their next charity undertaking, a Pictures With Santa event, but are focusing predominantly on the clothing and toy drive in hopes that local families will have a better winter and holiday season with the donations and The Pantry's help.

For Thompson and LifeStorage Matteson, this is simply another aspect of not just running a business, but being a part of a community. They currently work with the Matteson Business Association and advertise the fundraising events on Matteson area cable channel 4, which has proved to be an excellent way to spread the fundraising information among community members. It's a symbiotic relationship that's proven fruitful for everyone involved.

?We here at LifeStorage are a family of people that are willing to help where necessary. We have clients that come in to rent that are in need of help not only from us, but from other sources in the community. As far as our services, we offer excellent specials for our clients and will work with them as much as possible to meet their needs. Michael and I, and everyone at LifeStorage, realize the importance of the communities we work in, and do our best to reflect that in our stores and actions,? Thompson said.

For those interested donating, please call the LifeStorage Matteson facility at 708-279-4138.

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