Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta
Making a House a Home Programming Support - 2022
Furniture Bank serves individuals and families moving out of homelessness, fleeing domestic violence, living with HIV/AIDS, or living below the poverty level and experiencing a crisis such as a fire or flood. Their clients are in housing but without any basic furniture necessities. Some have never had proper furniture, and most sleep and eat on the floor. Furniture Bank seeks to create stability for these families and individuals in need by distributing donated furniture to turn houses into homes. This gift covers the cost of providing basic furnishings to 50 households.
Emergency Bed Fund - 2022
In 2022, the Furniture Bank received an average of one box spring for every two mattresses. This box spring shortage is occuring because many people now own matresses that no longer require a box spring, but rather a platform bed or slats. These funds help Furniture Bank establish an Emergency Bed Fund that can be used to cover the cost of providing a bed frame or box spring to accompany every mattress they supply to those they support.
Employment Program - 2022
The Furniture Bank’s Employment Program provides on-the-job training and access to necessary certifications to returning citizens (people who have been in jail or prison) in order for them to obtain full-time employment and become self-sufficient. Participants work in the Furniture Bank’s warehouse and on their trucks for an eight-week period. After successfully completing on-the-job training, they attend school to obtain either their forklift or CDL-A license. This matching gift helps fund 10 program participants.
Refrigerator - 2022
Putting their client's needs first will always be priority for Furniture Bank. However, when asked what would encourage their staff most, the answer was simple—an ice maker. Their current refrigerator no longer has a usable freezer. This funding for a new refrigerator allows Furniture Bank to boost staff morale via a simple upgrade to their staff kitchen.
