Charity/Fundraising

Kure It Cancer Research, a nonprofit founded in 2007 by self-storage operator Barry Hoeven, has named two new board members, according to a press release. Christopher Doherty is a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch, while Marianne Nahin is a real...

The Box Self Storage Services LLC, which operates more than 30 facilities in West Asia, is supporting Tree-Nation, an online community that fights climate change through afforestation campaigns. The Box will plant a tree for every new self-storage...

Westport Properties Inc. (WPI), which operates more than 120 self-storage facilities under the US Storage Centers brand, is supporting the Major League Baseball Compton Youth Academy in Compton, Calif., with a monetary donation. The company is...

Apple Self Storage, which operates 36 locations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario, Canada, served as the drop-off location for the annual Women’s Place Book Riot fundraiser. The 42nd annual used-book sale raised more than $71,000, breaking...

BinSwap, which provides valet self-storage services throughout the greater Chicago area, has launched a charity program to support to the local chapter of The Salvation Army. Through BinSwap Cares, it’ll now pick up donated items from its...

Talonvest Capital Inc., a boutique real estate adviser serving the self-storage industry, raised $50,000 for the annual “Walk for Kids” 5K fundraiser, which benefits the Orange County, Calif., chapter of Ronald McDonald House (RMH). The firm also...

Southern Self Storage, which operates 26 facilities in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Puerto Rico, is hosting a community yard sale at its Valdosta, Ga., facility on May 4 to benefit Camp Lean on Me, a two-day grief camp for children...