Gentle Giant Moving Company, Inc. is a national
moving company which was founded by President Larry O'Toole, originated in
Boston, Massachusetts in 1980. It has expanded from a single truck business in
to opening offices across the United States. Gentle Giant Moving Company is now located in
New Hampshire
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Rhode Island
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New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Washington, D.C.
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North Carolina
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Washington
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California
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Philadelphia
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, and its newest office in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Award-Winning Moving Company
Gentle Giant has been recognized by many organizations and awards since its inception including:
* Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce 'Small Business of the Year Award' winner 2002.
* Six-time Improper Bostonian 'Boston's Best' award-winner.
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MetroWest Daily News 'Best Moving Company' award-finalist 2020 and 2021.
Gentle Giant has won several workplace awards including:
* The
Wall Street Journal
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'Top Small Workplaces Winner' 2007.
* The
Boston Globe
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'Top Places to Work' award-winner 2008 and 2016.
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Boston Business Journal 'Best Places to Work' award-winner 2006 and 2015.
* Worksite Wellness Council of
honoree 2018 and 2021.
Community Involvement
The Gentle Giant Charitable Foundation was founded in 2005. It focuses on two issues: youth leadership development through athletics and education, and homelessness prevention.
Gentle Giant’s partnership with Household Goods provides logistical support to housing assistance programs. As part of the alliance, Giants transport and assemble donated furniture and other household goods to the new homes of those who faced homelessness. Additionally, the company’s work with Move for Hunger has become a core element of its charitable endeavors. In 2021 Gentle Giant was named Move for Hunger’s ‘Mover of the Year’ having transported more than 385,000 pounds of food, the equivalent of 320,000 meals, to the
Greater Boston Food Bank.
Connection to rowing
Many of Gentle Giant's employees are athletes, specifically in the sport of rowing. In the
2008 Olympic Games
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in
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, two former giants, Dan Walsh and Wyatt Allen, competed in the
Men's Eight event, earning a bronze medal in the process.
Another former giant, Matt Muffelman, earned a seat in the Lightweight Men's Eight event in the
2008 World Rowing Championships
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, earning a gold medal.
Many other former giants have earned spots on various national teams, including 30
US National Team members, 10 foreign National Team members, and 14
Olympians. Amongst the Olympian athletes are Gentle Giant's resident crate builder Tom Kiefer who became an Olympic silver medalist in
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
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In the company's history, it has employed over 400 rowers.
References
External links
Gentle Giant Moving Company Website
{{Trucking industry in the United States
Moving companies of the United States
Transport companies established in 1980
Companies based in Massachusetts