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The reality behind closed doors Visualizing the stories of furniture poverty At Furniture Bank, we see what furniture poverty looks like every day—children sleeping on nests of clothes on the

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Meet Sushma

Meet Sushma

Former Controller Sushma worked at Furniture Bank for over 5 years before leaving to pursue her professional career growth. Sushma started at Furniture Bank in 2011 as a Bookkeeper. She

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Meet Christa

Meet Christa

When asked if becoming a carpenter was a part of her life plan, Christa responded with a resounding no, she said, “I always enjoyed building, but it wasn’t something I

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Meet Miro

Meet Miro

Miro came to Furniture Bank as a participant in our LegUp program in 2004 and has since been around to see it all. “In September of 2020 I began my

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Furniture Bank Client Stories

Meet Ranju

In search for better employment opportunities, Ranju moved to Canada in October 2018 from Dubai, where he had lived for the past 30 years. Thinking back to the moment when

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Family picking up gifted Grusblad

The Gift of Ikea Grusblad

122 Families receive the comfort of a new IKEA duvet! Melissa Mirowski (Head of Sustainability) and Annalee Sawiak, founder of Furniture Link Inc. organized a tour of the Furniture Bank

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Housing to Home – Meet Sharyn

  Millions of Canadians live with mental illness. For those with few supports, the effects can be devastating. After experiencing a brief psychotic episode five years ago, Sharyn lost custody

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