Meet SnoKing's Mighty Movers
The Mighty Movers of SnoKing Chapter are determined Bluebills involved in moving folks around our neighborhood. Whatever time of day, rain or shine, they are there. They don't bang up furniture or break lamps. It's as if their own furniture is being moved.
In February, the Mighty Movers helped a fellow when his lifetime belongings had to be moved from a storage unit into a studio apartment. This move was a challenge as the lifetime belongings consisted of three rooms of stuff, amounting to more than 100 boxes and then some furniture. This involved two moves by Bluebills. The fellow needed time to rearrange the load from the first day delivery before the remainder of the stuff was delivered several days later.
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(Right) Mighty Mover Ed Bartels moves some boxes into tight quarters. Ed has been the mainstay of Mighty Movers since it was organized eight years ago.
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During February, one lady was moved from one assisted living building to another. Another client had to move from Marysville to Everett as the mobile home park she was living in was sold.
The movers assemble the bedroom set so the client can sleep well that first night, put away the fresh and frozen foods so it doesn't spoil, arrange the packed boxes and furniture in the proper rooms. Some moves are within a block and some are from one town to another. At times a move will take several days. The first day is generally to move the furniture from one location. The second day can be to hook up the appliances and complete other jobs.
The area's social agencies refer their low income clients to Mighty Movers when they have no other resources. Occasionally Bluebills step in and do the packing and unpacking and at times will assist in getting the necessary agent paperwork completed. About 12 Bluebills are involved in Mighty Movers and they all wear other hats beside the moving hat, in other words they are busy people
-- story by Grady Sewell and Rose Johnson
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A Letter |
Dear Bluebills,
Without your gracious help I don't know what else I would have done! You made my disabled and poor move a possibility and reality.
In late February a crew of five of your smiling guys kindly showed up at my storage unit and proceeded to exercise patience and careful handling of my things. It was getting late that day and they managed to move 80% of my belongings into my new apartment. But I still needed to sort through the last 20% of things in the back of the unit to select out what I was keeping and what was being donated to St. Vincent de Paul or being recycled. They took this into consideration and actually offered to return several days later and help me finish up my move on a second day! Wow.
Thanks to the Bluebills can-do-spirit and earnest patience with me and my complicated move, finally, the last box was out of my storage unit and into my new place. Despite my anxiety over moving and carefully moving works of art, the Bluebills were optimistic, calm and handled delicate items smoothly. I still can't believe everything went so well!
When I was out of options and my need was great, the Bluebills came through and I will always be thankful. Please keep doing what you're doing knowing that your generosity makes the impossible possible and literally changes lives.
Most Sincerely yours,
Vincent Booth
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