Category: Community

Gentle Giant Reacts to the 2013 Boston Marathon Tragedy

This year, disaster struck the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon. Gentle Giant, along with thousands of spectators and runners, were down at the finish line witnessing the fear, confusion and heroism that these attacks produced throughout Copley Square. While Gentle Giant… Read More

Giant Alumni: Entrepreneurs Jake Sweeney and Adam Benezra

Our Giants go on to achieve great success once their time with our company comes to an end. After departing from the moving industry, former Giants Jake Sweeney and Adam Benezra were on a quest to help people successfully quit… Read More

Rowing Creates Opportunities – On and Off the Water

As Gentle Giant begins preparing for our second year as the Official Moving Partner for the Head Of The Charles Regatta, we have been thinking about the tradition and culture of rowing. The rowing community supports athletes seeking personal and… Read More

Meet the Giants: Recruitment Manager Craig Averett

Our recruitment manager, Craig Averett, answered a Gentle Giant newspaper ad saying “Athletes Wanted” after graduating from Westfield State in 2002, and has been part of the GG team ever since. Craig's first year with Gentle Giant movers in Massachusetts… Read More

Former Giant Will Miller Becomes a 2012 Olympian

Since opening for business in 1980, Gentle Giant has employed its fair share of incredible athletes. When our CEO Larry O'Toole founded Gentle Giant movers in MA, he did so with friends that he had met through rowing because they were… Read More

How Gentle Giant Seattle Chooses Events to Sponsor

When Gentle Giant opened up a branch in Seattle, we instantly got caught up in the vibrant community spirit and the wonderfully diverse people that made our moves here so exciting. Now that Gentle Giant has been in Seattle for… Read More

How Moving Furniture Can Save Families in Need

Gentle Giant has been able to grow consistently over the past three decades by safely and quickly moving every piece of furniture we come across. We have moved antique pieces, incredibly fragile items - the works. You name it, we've… Read More

Trucks May Break Down, But Our Giants Won’t

This is a special blog post written by our founder, Larry O'Toole, about our Giants and how they refuse to let broken trucks disrupt their day. "When I started Gentle Giant Moving Company back in 1980, I had full control… Read More

Gentle Giant Partners with Move for Hunger

Being involved in community outreach is extremely important to our company and culture. In order to be sustainable, our community service activities should align with our passion and resources. For this reason, we have decided to partner with Move for… Read More

Larry O’Toole is a Leader in the Moving Industry

Over 30 years ago, Larry O'Toole took a look at the state of moving and realized there was room for improvement. Many companies made it standard procedure to hire laborers who were strong, but many lacked customer service skills. Larry… Read More