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title: "UNITS Moving and Portable Storage Steps Up for Local Disaster Relief"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/164d7e5a-50c1-49f4-97e1-f67fc3e03f93
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20191113_units_moving_and_portable_storage_steps_up_for_loc.html
category: "Moving & junk"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Moving & junk"
published: 2019-11-13T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:08.873Z
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# UNITS Moving and Portable Storage Steps Up for Local Disaster Relief

**TL;DR:** UNITS Moving and Portable Storage donates a storage container to the Woodlands Music Festival to support disaster relief. The festival, presented by Friends With Benefits Productions, aims to raise money for the American Red Cross.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2019-11-13. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20191113_units_moving_and_portable_storage_steps_up_for_loc.html).*

## Story

“We are thrilled to work with the Woodlands Music Festival on such a terrific cause,” UNITS Moving and Portable Storage CEO Michael McAlhany said, “The American Red Cross serves our community in so many ways and we are proud to support community events that support them.”

The Woodlands Fall Music and Arts Festival is a brand-new event presented by Friends With Benefits Productions and curated by the prolific rock band Umphrey's McGee. The festival takes place during fall foliage on the pristine 6,000-acre grounds of the Woodlands Nature Reserve, a hidden gem in one of the world's top destinations, Charleston, South Carolina.

Event director Hank Wharton says the festival will use the storage container donated by UNITS Moving and Portable Storage to stow all of their stage material as they play to raise money for disaster relief.

“Having the support of local businesses like UNITS Moving and Portable Storage is what makes events like ours possible,” Wharton said. “We are delighted to count them as a supporter of our event to help us provide for the American Red Cross.”

Established in 2004, UNITS® Moving and Portable Storage was founded by Michael McAlhany during the emergence of the moving and portable storage industry. The company's mission was to provide personal customer service and supply the most innovative and highest quality equipment. Nationwide UNITS® Moving and Portable Storage are locally owned and operated and familiar with the communities they serve.

UNITS® Moving and Portable Storage offers high-quality constructed containers featuring barn-style doors and all-steel construction. The UNITS® Moving and Portable Storage container is clean, weather-resistant, spacious and available in 12 and 16-ft. lengths.

The UNITS® Moving and Portable Storage robotic delivery system is the most technologically advanced in the industry, virtually eliminating any shift in contents when lifting containers on and off transport vehicles and placing them in tight areas where competitors can’t. The container may be placed in a UNITS® Moving and Portable Storage service center or at the customer’s desired location, always at ground level for easy access. The national network of UNITS® Moving and Portable Storage and Service Centers currently services over 500 cities in North America with additional locations scheduled to open in 2019.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Home Services (sector)
- Charleston, South Carolina (location)
- American Red Cross (company)
- community events (topic)
- disaster relief (topic)
- UNITS Moving and Portable Storage (company)
- portable storage (topic)
- Michael McAlhany (person)
- music festival (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20191113_units_moving_and_portable_storage_steps_up_for_loc.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/164d7e5a-50c1-49f4-97e1-f67fc3e03f93).