{"id":12155,"date":"2017-12-18T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/?p=12155"},"modified":"2023-11-07T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:50:14","slug":"inside-the-holiday-giving-of-maria-faust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cubesmart.dev\/blog\/real-life\/inside-the-holiday-giving-of-maria-faust\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Holiday Giving of Maria Faust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CubeSmart_HoSS_Phila-PA-02-1-1024x633.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This is one of a series of stories we are sharing to show what\u2019s inside CubeSmart. You not only get a peek inside our customer\u2019s storage unit, but also a peek inside what is important to them. Thank you to\u00a0Maria, customer of our CubeSmart store in Philadelphia, \u00a0for sharing her story with us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As the Philadelphia marketing manager for State Farm Insurance, Maria Faust runs some 75 events a year in the regional market. This day, however, she\u2019s gathering supplies from her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/pennsylvania-self-storage\/philadelphia-self-storage\/96.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CubeSmart storage units at 501 Callowhill Street<\/a> for a special one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is a Neighborhood of Good event. We\u2019re going to 30<sup>th<\/sup> Street Station and asking passersby\u00a0to volunteer for a few minutes assembling supplies such as shampoo and conditioner and stuffing them into tube socks, which will later be donated to a local nonprofit called S.P.E.A.K.,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Maria is expecting 45 students from local schools to participate in the day\u2019s activities and plans to engage with another 50 or 60 people in the crowd. S.P.E.A.K., which stands for Staying Positive Equals Amazing Kids, offers educational opportunities that encourage youth to become responsible, productive citizens, such as anti-bullying initiatives, career shadowing, cooking classes and more.<\/p>\n<p>On an average week, Maria and her team visit the facility two or three times to stock up on needed items such as tents, six- and eight-foot tables, t-shirts, cinch bags, sunglasses and decorative items. For their largely mobile business, the CubeSmart office serves as a hub.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy partner lives 45 minutes away in one direction, and I live an hour and 15 minutes away in the other,\u201d Maria says. \u201cThis is our meeting point. We use the chairs and drink the coffee here and convene when we need to. I sometimes show up at 9:45 at night, so it\u2019s important to me that it\u2019s safe and clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though many of her events involve giving out freebies to help promote the company and create brand awareness, Faust especially enjoys days like this one where she feels she can have a greater impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get the credit because I\u2019m the one there, but it\u2019s not actually me that\u2019s doing the giving. Still, it\u2019s lovely to see how happy people are and know that what we\u2019re doing can help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>We&#8217;d love to hear how self storage has positively impacted your life. 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