Flexible Scheduling & Logistics for AVPFirst

In the past, AVPFirst partnered with organizations across the country to host their beach volleyball tournaments. For the first time ever in 2018, the organization decided to organize and operate a summer's worth of tournaments on their own with a goal to maximize fundraising and grow the organization. AVPFirst planned to host 16 tournaments around the country in the span of four months. 
 
Staff needed to get all the equipment required for each tournament to events in Florida, Connecticut, Chicago, Colorado, and states in between before returning to California for their final event. Some tournaments would take place on the same day in different cities, some would require 20 volleyball courts, and others would need 40. 
 
"We were like, 'How do we get 25 or 50 courts' worth of equipment and supplies around the country?'," says Tony Giarla, executive director of AVPFirst. "It had never been done before for beach volleyball." To solve this major logistics puzzle, Giarla partnered with the experts at PODS. 

AVPFirst hosted 1,400 beach volleyball players and raised funds for their community programming. As with any big series of outdoor events, there was no shortage of surprises, from weather challenges to changing requirements from local officials in the destination cities. 
 
"We planned accordingly, but there were tons of moving parts. Dates changed, and locations changed throughout," says Giarla. "The PODS team was great. They were super available and on top of it, and made things happen for me. We couldn't have been more happy."