VENTURA, Calif. - s4story -- The first ever Tools for School drive along with local PODS® moving and storage, Cumulus Media and General Mills has awarded a fourth grade class at Rio Del Norte school as the winner of school supplies that were collected over the course of a month.

The drive was an effort to provide local classrooms with much needed school supplies for the upcoming year. Individual classrooms were nominated for the chance to receive a full school years' worth of supplies. In addition, PODS donated $1 for every PODS® container rented through during the duration of the drive.

"School supplies are such a critical piece to an education, and we are just delighted to help the class at Rio Del Norte get these much-needed school supplies, and we look forward to working with the radio stations of Cumulus for this to be an every year drive." says Steve Yapp, owner of local PODS® moving and storage.

Yapp and the PODS team donated $1,000 worth of school supplies toward the drive as well.

About PODS® Tri Counties

Steve Yapp is the owner of three Tri-Counties PODS® franchises that serve residents and businesses in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.

More on S For Story

• Why good, kind, and positive people are always happier
• Houston Trailblazer, Jade Simmons, Hosts Restoration Rally
• Process Technology wins Evolution in Manufacturing Award
• CEO Coaching International Congratulates Client ShelfGenie on Induction into the Franchise Hall of Fame
• Comedian Don Barnhart Reopens Jokesters Comedy Club With Best Deal In Las Vegas

Dedicated to the local community, Yapp's franchises have donated over 1,500 PODS containers to nonprofit and charitable organizations throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Diego and Los Angeles counties since opening their doors in 2005.

A partial list of recipients include: Boys & Girls Clubs, FOOD Share of Ventura County, Casa Pacifica, Toys 4 Tots, California Strawberry Festival, Ojai Music Festival, Relay for Life, C.H.P. Holiday Toy Drive, Salvation Army, Santa Maria Good Samaritan, Oxnard Downtown Management District, Boy Scouts of Ventura County, California Visitors Center, Simi Valley Days, the Oxnard Salsa Festival, and Catholic Charities.

PODS® offers moving and storage the way you need it done, with unlimited time, space, and control. When PODS® pioneered portable storage in 1998, they introduced the world to a brand new, flexible way to move and store. Now an industry leader, PODS® currently provides residential and commercial services in 46 U.S. states, Canada, Australia, and the UK. To date, the PODS® network has completed more than one million long-distance moves, has nearly four million initial deliveries, and has over 220,000 PODS containers in service.

For more information, go to: www.mylocalpods.com.