This month, we had the pleasure of hosting a hardworking volunteer group of Rainbow Girls! These girls seemed like PROS in our woodshop, as they painted 20 new tables for families and even BUILT 8 tables for our families – in only a few hours! Already, most of the tables they built are in the …
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Grateful doesn’t begin to describe it! Grange Insurance has shown their support for us in a major way once again with an AMAZING donation of $25,000! Their generous support will allow 100 FAMILIES to receive a houseful of furniture – beds, dressers, tables, chairs, sofas, and more! As struggling families are still recovering from the pandemic, …
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The Adopt-A-Family initiative ended on August 1, and our community adopted nearly 600 local families in just two months time! 180 generous donors gave $142,000+ to provide 6,840 furniture pieces to 570 families. Those 570 families will now have a kitchen table for dozens of study sessions, a couch for hundreds of critical conversations, and a …
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Furniture Bank of Central Ohio (FBCO) seeks a courageous and dynamic leader to serve as its next President & CEO to collaborate and bring an entrepreneurial skillset to a fast-growing social service organization in Central Ohio. To Furniture Bank of Central Ohio – Organizational Overview Since 1998, the FBCO has help to reduce the impact …
Earlier this month, we hosted this inspiring and hard-working volunteer group from the Wexner Service Corps at our Yale Avenue headquarters! Deciding to divide and conquer, these volunteers accomplished so much for our families in just 3 HOURS! They assembled 20+ linen sets, packaged up 20+ kitchenware boxes, painted 10+ pieces of furniture, and skillfully …
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We are THRILLED to announce that we are once again safely seeing local families IN-PERSON for furniture selection in our showroom! After shifting to a remote furniture selection model since the onset of COVID-19, we saw our first in-person family at the Furniture Bank in the middle of May, including Stanley pictured above- a proud, …
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The Furniture Bank of Central Ohio is a nonprofit whose mission is to provide furniture to central Ohio families and individuals struggling with poverty and other severe life challenges. Our team of staff and volunteers make a difference every day to families through scheduling donations, picking up donations, making deliveries, building furniture or raising important …
Don’t forget – we are participating in Target Circle’s special charitable giving campaign, and you can easily help direct a portion of Target’s donation to the Furniture Bank! Now through June 30, vote for us through the Target Circle program to help determine how Target’s donation will be divided up. To sign up or learn …
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At the Furniture Bank, we think our volunteers are pretty AMAZING. So, we wanted to give them a better way to get to know each other better and see the amazing things they all accomplish. That’s why we created the Furniture Bank Volunteers Facebook Group! With this Facebook Community Group, you can stay up to …
Did you hear the news? The United Way is pulling together the caring power of our community to be United for Impact THIS WEEK ONLY! We have until TOMORROW MORNING to not only support our mission of turning empty houses into homes but also unlock bonus prize money for 80+ participating nonprofits! It’s easy to …
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