Recent News & Events

Special Olympics is IMAWA's Special Charity

IMAWA's 11th annual charity fundraiser to benefit the Special Olympics Illinois was held in conjunction with our recent convention, during which our members raised $11,700.00! Our association was named a Bronze sponsor at the Special Olympics Summer Games (June 2007) in Bloomington/Normal, IL.

All monies raised at every IMAWA auction go directly to Special Olympics Illinois. Including this year, IMAWA members have contributed more than $75,615 in cash (which doesn't even include all the generous donations of items for the auction and other events). Congratulations to all!

Board of Directors and Officers Election

The following movers were re-elected as officers of the Association and Illinois Movers Tariff Bureau and installed during the convention on March 20, 2007. They serve as the Association's Executive Committee:

• Association President: Jim Puscheck, Prager Moving & Storage Co., Naperville
• Association Vice President: Jerry Clifton, Clifton Moving & Storage, Inc., Decatur
• Association Secretary: Mark Miller, Anderson Bros. Storage & Moving, Chicago
• Association Treasurer: Jon Hollander, Hollander International Storge & Moving, Elk Grove Village
• Association Immediate Past President: Mark Paiser, Lake County Movers, Waukegan
• Bureau President: Joe Hagemaster, Hagemaster Motor Service, Inc., Chicago Heights
• Bureau Vice President: John Flanigan, Thompson Moving & Storage, Orland Park
• Bureau Secretary: Mike Stevenson, Stevenson Transfer, Ottawa
• Bureau Treasurer: Sue Shippert, Shippert's Moving & Storage, Dixon
• Bureau Immediate Past President: Mike O'Mara, O'Mara Moving & Storage, Inc., Freeport

The following movers were elected to the Association's board of directors and installed during the convention on March 20, 2007:

• Tom Paisley, Underfanger Moving & Storage, Springfield
• Tom Swift, Hillier Stoage & Moving, Springfield
• Chris Puckett, Puckett Moving & Storage, Inc., Galesburg
• Tom Roederer, Roederer Transfer & Storage, Davenport, IA
• John Carlson, Carlson Brothers Movers, LTD, Addison
• Jon Hollander, Hollander International Storage & Moving, Inc., Elk Grove Village
• Mark Miller, Anderson Bros. Storage & Moving, Chicago
• Mark Paiser, Lake County Movers, Inc., Waukegan
• Steve Westerberg, Nelson-Westerberg, Inc., Elk Grove Village

The following movers were elected to the Illinois Movers Tariff Bureau board of directors and installed during the convention on March 20, 2007:

• Orin J. Hutchcraft, Hutchcraft Van Service, Urbana
• Al Crawford, Gerold Moving & Warehouse, Belleville
• Sue Shippert, Shippert's Moving & Storage, Dixon
• John Adams, Mordue Moving & Storage, Inc., Peoria
• Bruce Breda, Breda Moving Company, Inc., Roselle
• Joe Hagemaster, Hagemaster Motor Service, Chicago Heights
• John Flanigan, Thompson Moving & Storage, Orland Park
• Mike O'Mara, O'Mara Moving & Storage, Freeport

Click here for a complete list of the Association and Tariff Bureau boards of directors

National Van Lines sponsor for Special Olympics Windy City Duck Derby

National Van Lines, Inc., is participating as a sponsor in the 2nd annual Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby on Friday, August 10 at Noon. As they did for last year's event, they are providing corporate financial assistance, a host of volunteers, and soliciting others to "adopt a duck" to benefit Special Olympics Illinois. Last year's event raised more than $200,000 to benefit the athletes of Special Olympics Illinois.

For more information, or to adopt a duck, visit the Special Olympics Illinois website at http://www.ilso.org/

National Van Lines, Inc., established in 1929, has been a member in good standing of IMAWA since 1953.