Local PODS® Franchisee and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Give Hope to Local Family in Need

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - May 15, 2015 - PRLog -- In an effort to serve the community, PODS (http://www.mylocalpods.com/) Franchisee, a moving (http://www.pods.com/santabarbara_moving.aspx) and storage (http://www.pods.com/santabarbara_storage.aspx) leader, has donated the use of its PODS containers to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s PolyHouse project for the second year in a row.

PolyHouse is a community service project led by the project management students at Cal Poly where they renovate the home of a deserving family. The donation of the PODS container will serve as a way for the family in need to store their belongings in a safe and secure place while their home is being renovated.

“We are so thankful for the continued support of PODS and the donation of its PODS containers for the PolyHouse project,” said Sara Catto, Graduate Student of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. “It’s a wonderful thing to see the community come together to help out a family in need.”

This year, the life-changing renovation will benefit a single mother and her two children living in a two-story home. The mother has a 21-year-old daughter with a rare genetic, postnatal neurological disorder that hinders her ability to complete daily tasks and requires mobility assistance. The Cal Poly PolyHouse students assessed the home and have developed a plan to improve the mobility for the family.

The students will work to improve the safety of the family’s home by making the bathroom, doorways and backyard wheelchair accessible.  Renovations will also include the installation of a stair lift to allow her to access the upstairs bedrooms and hardwood floors for easier mobility.

“It is ambitious, but we know we can accomplish our goals of lessening the physical demands and essentially improving the family’s life by having everyone involved,” stated Catto.

Construction is slated to begin Friday, May 15 and is projected to be completed on Sunday, May 31, a huge feat for the students who will only have a short amount of time to complete this project. [TK1]

“PODS is proud to support the efforts of the Cal Poly PolyHouse project for the second year in a row,” said Steve Yapp, Local Franchise owner.  “Their support of this family and their drive to improve their life, will bring them nothing but success and we are truly honored to be a part of it.”

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About PODS

Steve Yapp is the owner of three Tri-Counties PODS franchises that serve residents and businesses in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Dedicated to the local community, Yapp’s franchises have donated hundreds of PODS containers to nonprofit and charitable organizations throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Diego and Los Angeles counties since opening their doors in 2005.

A partial list of recipients include: Boys & Girls Clubs, FOOD Share of Ventura County, Casa Pacifica, Toys 4 Tots, California Strawberry Festival, Ojai Music Festival, Relay for Life, C.H.P. Holiday Toy Drive, Salvation Army, Santa Maria Good Samaritan, Oxnard Downtown Management District, Boy Scouts of Ventura County, California Visitors Center, Simi Valley Days, the Oxnard Salsa Festival, and Catholic Charities.

Founded in 1998, PODS currently provides moving and storage services to a population of more than 250,000,000 million consumers and businesses, in 48 U.S. states, Canada, Australia and the U.K., through its company-owned and independent franchise network. To date, the PODS network has completed more than 600,000 long-distance relocations, exceeded 2 million deliveries and has over 150,000 PODS containers in service.

For more information, go to: www.mylocalpods.com. (http://www.mylocalpods.com/)