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Capsule’s Charitable Mission

CAPSULE’s charitable mission is to give directly back to the community focusing on children in need in the immediate communities we serve in the DFW area.

Capsule has decided that instead of discounts and promotions we will quote the best rate possible and give back to the community through charitable donations to nonprofit and other 501-c organizations. Most of the organizations supported are aimed at improving the lives of children in the immediate DFW community. Listed below are some of the organizations we have helped and continue to support. Please consider using Amazon Smile and designating your charity of choice to give back when shopping online.

Who we have supported:

Children’s Advocacy center of Johnson County

10% of first month’s rent goes to them for county residents CACJC Facebook & CACJC Website

Salvation Army Angel Tree

Salvation Army of North Texas CAPSULE Provides extra storage during Christmas Angle tree program.

Shop with a Cop

Provide donations and resources to give gifts to children during Christmas.

The Cowtown Marathon

Capsule provides containers during the famous Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth Website

6Stones in HEB (Hurst, Euless, Bedford)

Provide Capsules for Christmas gifts, and Back to School supplies. Website & Facebook

Capsule Container’s at 6Stones back to School event Aug 2022

Sunshine Spaces

CAPSULE Provides product and services during renovations for children with serious chronic health conditions .Faceboo k & Website

capsule truck in front of salvation army Capsule Giving Back: Discounts and Promotions supporting North Texas Children — CAPSULE helping local DFW children

More About CAPSULE

How CAPSULE Works

Capsule Giving Back: Discounts and Promotions supporting North Texas Children — Child Advocacy Center

Why Give and why these Charities?

CAPSUEL is a local Family-owned business in Dallas Fort Worth.

We have chosen to give directly back to organizations the have a positive impact on our local community by helping those most innocent. Not only is it great to do, but by focusing on the children we can have a decade’s longs impact on North Texas.

Moving Checklist

Moving tips and checklist, a short but useful exercise.

Moving is stressful, don’t make it worse by doing it last minute and on the fly. Do yourself a favor and plan ahead. However, plan for the plans to change, 80% of the time, moving schedules change.

“Planning is the most important thing you can do, but plans are useless” – Gen. George C. Marshall

Grab a notepad and a pen. You’ll need to physically create your own checklist because everyone’s move, and lives are different. Physically writing it down helps you focus and remember things you need. You can later put that list on a digital to-do list.

Moving Checklist: A Breakdown

Sort: You need to start sorting things out. They typically fall into the following FOUR categories.

Essentials
Nonessentials
Donate / Trash
Personal documents

You’ll want your essentials set aside, as they are the last to get packed, or not packed at all and kept on you personally during home transition.

Non-essentials are the things you can live a good amount of time without.

Purge the stuff you really don’t use and or will never use. Consider donating it to a local nonprofit before putting it on the curb if it’s in good shape.

Personal documents are often forgotten, especially when people don’t plan on things falling through or changing. You may need documents at closing you didn’t think you did. Enrolling kids at school may be difficult if their paperwork is put in storage.

Research movers and moving services

Figure out what you need or what combination of services will fit your needs best. Some people use a Capsule for 100% or their moving needs and pack themselves. Many others use it to supplement their move as a combination of services. Taking their time to pack nonessentials away and using full-service labor movers the day of. This also helps staging your home.

Not all movers are created equal. Reviews and referrals from friends are the most utilized resources. Unfortunately, many scams involve moving services. Some ways to verify this is a physical location, and online history, & reviews.

Get your Quotes on services and get them scheduled out, do not wait until the day before.

Get moving supplies. Boxes, tape, packing paper, and markers for labeling will help in numerous ways. First, you know what’s in a box without ripping into it during unpacking. Also when your loading a Capsule, geometric shapes like boxes, and various size of packages help compact at better utilize the space inside the container.

Random Moving Checklist everyone forgets

Boxes, packing paper, tape, and markers
Dolly’s, rope, straps, and blankets.
Change of address notice at USPS HERE
Notify Bank, Employer, Credit Cards, Mailing services
Defrost Freezer a few days out
Plan to eat all your perishable food or trash it.
Service your personal vehicles

Aforementioned, Make your own list. Hopefully this one helped too. Major takeaways, do net procrastinate, and the better organized, the more smoothly it goes. Utilizing a Capsule container can help.

Is a CAPSULE a good fit?

Call or contact us here locally in DFW if you have any questions or what to find out.
Read our blog about whether or not a Capsule is a good fit HERE
Read our FAQ page HERE

Is a CAPSULE Moving and Storage Container Right for You?

There are a lot of benefits to a CAPSULE moving and storage container, but it may not be the best option for everyone. We don’t like to talk ourselves out of business, but we have a high customer satisfaction level because we want to make sure we are a good fit.

In order to understand if it’s right for you, let’s look at the primary benefits. Then, we will look at the common misconceptions where a Capsule may not be a good fit vs the alternatives.

Benefits of CAPSULE Portable Storage Bins

Containers for moving

Reduces labor and effort.
- Load at your own apace
- Load at ground level
- Packing one time
- You call when ready to move
You’re packing so you know where things are at
Flexibility when things change
- Things do and will change, supply chain issue, construction dates, closing issues. 80% of moves change because things do not remain on schedule.
- Closings or projects don’t always stay on schedule, don’t get stuck with bad options if things fall through on closing or a contractor doesn’t finish on time.
You don’t have to drive a large truck
Cost effective when compared to full service movers

On Site Storage of Restoration or Remodeling

Keep things on site and near for quick easy access
Get stuff out of the way of construction workers
Avoid having to move items multiple times

Moving Storage Container Misconceptions

Moving all in one day
- If you need the container dropped off in the morning and moved the same day you may be better of renting a truck, or a full-service moving crew. Capsule does not provide same day drop and pick up, this is due to logistics, someone is always waiting on someone else (mover don’t show up on time or you thought it would take 30min to load). No one else does this either, be weary of salespeople in a call center that promise you that.
Apartments
- Capsule has helped many people move in and out of apartments. However, you want to check on the apartment complex rules regarding them, plan for where you want to put it.
- Second, if you’re in downtown Dallas, and the only parking is a parking garage, there may be no place to drop the capsule, we do not put them on the curb. They must go on your property, or in a parking space.
24 hr Access
- If you plan to put the container into our storage, we are happy to give you free access during business hours with 24hrs notice so we can pull it. However, if you plan to make regular stops in and out, a traditional 24hr self-storage facility may be a better option

Moving alternative in DFW, what’s right for you?

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Packing a CAPSULE…

So, lets say you’ve made a smart decision and decided to use Capsule moving containers for your local move here in DFW. Now all you need to do it pack, but although some things might seem obvious it’s always good to go over the basics on how to pack before you start. Packing a Truck, and a moving container are fairly the same. When Packing a CAPSULE there are three basics, heavy stuff on bottom, secure it using straps or packing it in tight, and try to distribute weight evenly.

Pack up the walls and across the ceiling, like 3-d Tetris.
Start with the heavy stuff first like dressers at the bottom, then pack up with the lighter weight stuff from there.
Larger heavy furniture should be placed around the edge of the Capsule container. Try to do distribute the weight equally around the left and right side of the Capsule moving container.
Stand longer items up tall to take up less floor space and allow for more room on the floor. Packing up, is harder than using more floor space.
Stack lighter boxes on top. Boxes should be stacked by weight not size. IF using boxes accordingly, smaller boxes hold heavier stuff.
Do not underestimate using boxes. The help organize and allow things to be stackable.
Use straps to hold anything down that could fall over or slide. Do not ratchet stuff down to hard, just enough to keep stuff in place.
If you have got bolts from taking things apart, use baggies, and label them.
Label boxes.
Do not be afraid to use different size boxes, they come in handy when wedging stuff into place.
Load the things you’ll need first at the new place last, and at the doors.

All that seems like common sense, but its good to go over before you start.

Packing a CAPSULE to the door, Popcorn machine and all. Looks like Tetris

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