Furniture Bank's Open House
Furniture Bank's Open House:
Join us on Wednesday, March 13 from 3-7 p.m., at our new building at 25 Connell Court, Unit 1, for Furniture Bank’s housewarming Open House! Furniture Bank’s Open House is a celebration of 15 years of furnishing homes in the GTA community, our relocation to our new permanent home, and the unveiling of our new branding. This event is meant to celebrate our journey home with the community, and will include guided tours, special presentations, music, celebration, and catering.
You can RSVP with a ticket by Feb. 25: http://furniturebankopenhouse.eventbrite.com/#
We look forward to seeing you on the 13th!
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Furniture Bank:
Furniture Bank is a registered charity and social enterprise that has served the Greater Toronto Area since 1998. Our mission is to transfer gently used furniture and household goods donated to us by individuals or corporations to people who have recently transitioned out of homelessness. We help turn an empty space into a true home with a kitchen table to enjoy meals, a comfortable space to share stories of the day and bug free beds for safe sweet dreams. In 2012, we helped 2,739 families or over 5,400 people including over 1,800 children.
Furniture Bank works with 64 shelters and agencies serving women and children leaving abusive situations, refugee families seeking safety and youth at risk, as well as Toronto’s Streets to Homes program. In fact, Streets to Homes clients represent almost 26% of our client base.
Our operations, a social enterprise called Furniture Link, now has three trucks on the road and we lease a 30,000 square foot warehouse to serve our clients and donors. Employees and volunteers in the Furniture Link program include individuals such as at risk youth, the learning or emotionally disabled, people receiving Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits and other marginalized people with limited employment opportunities.
By transferring items from donor to client, we help to divert these materials from landfills and in 2012, that volume was over 1,500 metric tonnes of material that would have otherwise been waste.