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title: "WYFF: Upstate moving company surprises employee with donation"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/87d33bf3-73d3-4c85-82cd-27c863d928d2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/wyff-upstate-moving-company-surprises-employee-with-donation-2704054
category: "Moving & junk"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Moving & junk"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2017-09-08T19:14:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:33:49.972Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7eff2660e2ef5c651b4836fa964a9b9a3996.jpg
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# WYFF: Upstate moving company surprises employee with donation

**TL;DR:** Robert Barnes, a TWO MEN AND A TRUCK employee, receives a $50,000 check to open his own location alongside owners Bryan and Rebecca Feldman, as part of the company's scholarship program.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-09-08. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/wyff-upstate-moving-company-surprises-employee-with-donation-2704054).*

## Story

Robert Barnes is this year's recipient of the Mary Ellen Moving People Forward® Scholarship - a program that helps current employees move up within the system and foster new business skills. Yesterday, at the Greenville TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, Barnes received a $50,000 check to open his own location alongside owners, Bryan and Rebecca Feldman.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Home Services (sector)
- donation (topic)
- business (topic)
- scholarship (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/twomenandatruck/wyff-upstate-moving-company-surprises-employee-with-donation-2704054). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/87d33bf3-73d3-4c85-82cd-27c863d928d2).