Working with Businesses
For Immediate Release FURNITURE BANK BUILDS NEW WORKSHOP PROGRAM THANKS TO GRANT FROM ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION Toronto, ON (May 21, 2015) – On Thursday, Diane Sigouin Daniel with the Ontario Trillium Foundation congratulated...
Furniture Bank this week announced a partnership with LIFT Philanthropy Partners, whose resources, expertise and pro bono partner network will help our social enterprise continue to grow over the next 18 months. As we strive...
For Immediate Release FURNITURE BANK TO BENEFIT FROM LIFT PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS’ INVESTMENT Venture Philanthropy approach will help grow social enterprise Toronto, ON (May 12, 2015) –- Furniture Bank today announced that it...
In this guest blog post, Jeannie, Director of Marketing at Distinctive Appliances, reflects on her Furniture Bank volunteer experience with her SOFA team. In Jeannie’s Words: Volunteering has been an important part of my life for as...
When Furniture Bank was down, our supporters rallied round and offered us their in-kind and financial donations to help us back on our feet. So we asked them round this morning to thank them in...
Timeline of our setback and recovery February 27, 2015 On the night of February 27th, our fleet of trucks were the target of an incident of vandalism and theft that left the majority of them...
Medical authorities around the world agree that walking is a great way to improve your health. It increases fitness, energy and helps lower the risk of developing diseases such as heart disease and type 2...
Less than 2 weeks ago, the Furniture Bank trucks that delivered your furniture donations to our clients were hit by an incident of vandalism. Facing the prospect of not making any furniture deliveries to our...
Immediately after our setback at the end of last week, Furniture Bank was staring at weeks of unmet furniture deliveries and pickups, affecting over 100 clients a week. As an organization we draw inspiration from...
At the beginning of this week, theft of parts from our fleet of trucks left the majority of them immobile, putting our social enterprise and charity at risk of not being able to operate for...
We’re very sad to report that our fleet of trucks were the target of an incident of vandalism and theft this past weekend, rendering the majority of them immobile. Our trucks are on the road...
In this guest blog post, Karen Saunders (on the left), RBC Employee and longstanding corporate volunteer, reflects on how volunteer days at Furniture Bank has brought her colleagues closer together, gave her life perspective and...
