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Community Projects Bargain Boxes Moving & Storage participates in many Community Service Programs including:
Pictured left to right: Kathy Ellington, Executive Director Leadership Prince William; Rebecca Barnes, Co-Chair; Senator Chuck Colgan; Joe Martin, Co-Chair. Rebecca Barnes helps to kick off Leadership Prince William, which she co-chairs. Leadership Prince William is a private, non-profit 501(c) (3) organization, offering an innovative program designed to assist in preparing existing and emerging community leaders for leadership positions in business, local government and community affairs. Passing of the Gavel: The Chamber Welcomes It's New Chairman of the Board, Rebecca Barnes of Bargain Boxes Moving & Storage Bargain Boxes has a vested interest in the quality of life in our community. That is why our employees are encouraged from the top down, to become involved in non profit organizations.
Graham Park Middle School students learn about life choices CHOICES is a program of the CHOICES Education Group, a non-profit organization. The mission of CHOICES is to empower students with the skills and too
they need to increase their career and life opportunities. “The CHOICES program is an extension
of our commitment to educational
Karen Wayne - Quantico, VA
Adopt-a-Highway Certificate
Partnership Prince William – formed an alliance with Graham Park Middle School. Lucy Beauchamp of the Prince William County School Board said at the announcement that Graham Park “Could not ask for a better partner than Rebecca and John Barnes.” The Barnes’s believe that the secret to a strong community is to start in the schools. Business Partnership in Action - May 24, 2005 Bargain Boxes assists with a 2 day program called Choices. This program helps 8th graders to understand their future options and encourages them to stay in school. They also help plan and participate in Career Day for the 8th graders. Michele Whickham - Executive Director Woodbridge High School
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Adopt a Highway – Bargain Boxes supports the Virginia Department of Transportation’s adopt a highway program. They adopted a section of 234 and conduct quarterly clean up projects. 
“Don’t hang out in the NO-ZONE” – a campaign created by the trucking industry to educate motorists about how to safely share the road with trucks and buses. Its goal is to increase awareness of the no- zones- danger areas or blind spots, around commercial vehicles in which cars “disappear from the view of the truck or bus driver and where crashes are more likely to occur. Educating drivers about the No zones will reduce deaths, injuries and property damage from these kinds of crashes.
Highway Watch – created by the trucking industry to increase safety and security on the nation’s interests. With nearly two million truckers on the road during the course of a single day, the trucking industry has an incredible army of “eyes and ears” to assist state police and federal agencies. Drivers recruited into Highway Watch are trained to recognize and report dangerous road conditions, the precise location of accidents and/or suspicious behavior so that the authorities can respond more quickly and properly.
Bargain Boxes is dedicated to Public Safety and Education. The "Good Stuff Trucks Bring It" campaign helps the public think about trucks in a different way. As the vehicles that deliver the good life. It makes trucking relevant by communicating that trucks have stuff they love and want.
Share the Road – this life saving program was created by the trucking industry to reduce the number tragic accidents that occur between trucks and cars, nearly 70% of which are caused by the car – 35% of which occurred inside the trucks blind spot.