At Casa Pacifica, kids win with PODS

Ventura PODS franchise partners with Casa Pacifica, the largest non-profit crisis provider for children in Ventura and Santa Barbara.

It started with one phone call, and that´s all it took to get PODS franchise owner Steve Yapp involved with Casa Pacifica and the many children it serves throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

"Steve Yapp contacted me over three years ago asking how he could help Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families. Usually we are soliciting help from businesses, so Steve coming to us was a great surprise," says Carrie Hughes, Assistant Director of Development. "After the initial phone call we invited Steve for a tour of the campus and that´s all it took. He is a member of our Casa Pacifica family and is one of the most generous individuals I know. We can always count on him and his staff to assist us with our needs for storage."

"Casa Pacifica is a very important organization to our community and I am proud to provide them with PODS storage containers," said Steve Yapp owner of three PODS franchises in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. "I am thrilled to help because our support has a direct impact on the kids and families who are part of the programs at Casa Pacifica. It is such a caring organization that one is compelled to be involved and donate time, money and resources when possible."

During the holiday season, Yapp donates five containers to store donated gifts, and has personally provided more than 25 gifts, including Xbox 360 consoles and games for the children. Most recently, as a major sponsor of Casa Pacifica´s annual Wine and Food Festival, four PODS containers stored supplies and silent auction items at the event to streamline planning and team efforts.

A designated PODS container remains onsite all year at Casa Pacifica´s facility in Camarillo for extra storage needs.

"PODS helps us tremendously since we have a lack of storage space on campus," said Hughes. "The donation of PODS containers by Steve saves Casa Pacifica thousands of dollars each year by not having to pay for off-site storage. We have access to the PODS at all times because they are stored on-site, plus PODS delivers and transports the PODS container wherever we need them."

About PODS

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. 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.

The company is an early responder to natural disasters, having dispatched hundreds of PODS containers to emergency personnel on the ground to assist in recovery and rebuild efforts throughout Southern California.

Founded in 1998, PODS provides moving and storage services in 48 U.S. states, Canada and Australia. To date, the company has completed more than 200,000 long-distance moves, exceeded one million deliveries and has over 138,000 PODS containers in service. Information: PODS.com

About Casa Pacifica

Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families is a crisis-care and residential treatment facility for abused, neglected, or at-risk children in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The agency is the largest non-profit provider of children´s mental health services in both counties and administers a number of community-based programs which are designed with the intent to strengthen families and keep children in their homes. For more information about Casa Pacifica visit its website www.casapacifica.org or call the Development Department at (805) 445-7800.

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