Moving costs about $1,500 a family doesn’t have, so people leave things behind or hurt themselves lifting alone. Six guys and two trucks make that whole problem disappear in an afternoon.
Be the Truck Team
Give church staff a short list of men with trucks and free Saturdays, so the next family who can't afford movers gets six guys instead of a phone number.
What you'll need
- Four to six names, phone numbers, and who owns a truck or trailer
- Furniture straps, a dolly, and a box of gloves in somebody's garage
- One person who answers the staff's text and does the recruiting
Pitfalls
- Give staff one number to call. A group text with nobody in charge gets no reply.
- Moves land on evictions, divorces, and deaths. Show up cheerful and don't ask why.
- Say your load limit out loud. Pianos and gun safes need a real mover.
Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. — 1 John 3:18