b'HOUSEHOLD GOODSinstead. With the ongoing slowdown of household-goods ship- One such charity is FLY (For the Love of Youth) based in ments due to the pandemic, even senior professionals are rentingToronto, which assists young people transitioning from the child furniture while they wait for their own shipment rather thanwelfare system to their first home. It was founded by members staying in furnished temporary accommodation. This especiallyof the Corporate Housing Providers Association and collects and holds true when the family has school-aged children, since theydistributes used furnishings in partnership with the Childrens Aid naturally wish to get to know their neighbourhood as soon asFoundation of Canada.possible, says Owen.WASTE NOT Its not only furniture but also food that is being diverted from Another trend gaining traction is the donation of unwanted itemsthe trash bin. QMM participates in Move for Hunger, an initiative before a move. Professionals relocating to a new location are lessthat helps relocatees donate non-perishable food to be redistrib-inclined to dispose of these items, and more effort is being takenuted to people facing hunger. Together with over 1,050 moving to donate them instead to someone who can use them. Thatscompanies, the Move for Hunger network has delivered more definitely something we get more requests about, says Owen.than 23 million pounds of groceries to food banks across the U.S. Theres a heightened awareness of the chance to pare back onand Canada.household goods and moving is a wonderful opportunity to In terms of environmental considerations, there had been a do that.slight rise in interest in shipping goods by rail container, but Relocating employees often ask for referrals to organizationswith a current global shortage of shipping containers, its not that can help them find new homes for their belongings. In someclear whether this will emerge as a significant trend in the future. cases, companies will pay for a discard-and-donate service thatAs with so many other aspects of contemporary relocation, the helps transferees downsize, with the cost offset by the reductionindustry will just have to wait and see.in shipping fees. Our moving partners are adding discard-and-donate programs, and were happy to support those, says Owen.One thing that is certain, however, is that whether the shipment We do participate in some of these programs, adds Phelps. Ifis large or small, involves furniture rental or storage, the effective people have furniture that they dont want to move, well takehandling of household goods will remain a critical part of the those goods into storage and inventory them, and [then] we cansuccess of any relocation. The industry needs to stay not only on work with charities to donate them.top of the trends, but ahead of them.PERSPECTIVESP R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E S D I R E C T O R YACCOMMODATIONS MOVING & STORAGE SERVICES RELOCATION MANAGEMENT SERVICESCorporate Stays.DigitalAllied Van Lines.15CartusDigital www.corporatestays.com www.alliedvanlines.ca www.cartus.comOBASA Six Three Suites.15Atlas Van Lines RELONATInside Front Cover www.obasasixthree.com (Canada) LtdInside Back Coverwww.relonat.comwww.atlasvanlines.ca SIRVA, Inc. Digital DESTINATION/SETTLING IN Mayflower Moving & Storage15ca.sirva.comWelcomehome Relocations15www.mayflower.ca TRC Global Mobility, Inc.4 www.whrelocations.com Quality Move Management Inc. 3www.trcglobalmobility.comEXECUTIVE RECRUITING www.qmm.com Weichert Workforce Mobility Signature Source.15United Van Lines (Canada) Ltd15 . 15, Outside Back Cover www.signature-source.com www.uvl.ca www.weichertworkforcemobility.comEXTENDED STAY REAL ESTATE VEHICLE TRANSPORTATIONLes Suites - Ottawa.11The Lind Realty Team Inc., BrokerageL. Hansens Forwarding Ltd.www.les-suites.com.14 .15, 17, Digital https://lindrealty.ca/ www.lhf.comLivingston International Inc11, 15 https://vehicletransportation.ca/Snowbirds Auto Connection Ltd.9 www.snowbirdsautoconnection.com22PERSPECTIVES Spring 2022'