Volunteering

Here’s a list of the hands on volunteer opportunities we currently offer at Furniture Bank. Showroom Guide Warehouse Support Furniture Repair Workshop Office Administration Marketing Support Corporate/Group Volunteering Furniture Bank wouldn’t be where it is...

This guest blog post was authored by, Erin Lazer, Furniture Bank Volunteer and Owner of SpaceStyle Home Staging, Organizing & Design. In Erin’s Own Words I first came across the Furniture Bank while planning an...

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...

It’s inspiring to see the impact a day of volunteering can have on an individual’s life. Especially when that volunteer’s experience truly hits close to home. In this blog post, Softchoice volunteers Shane, Andrew and...

What Will Your Group Volunteer Moment Be? Since 2012, we’ve hosted close to 200 corporate volunteer groups. That’s the equivalent of over 1,000 corporate volunteers who’ve come through our doors to lend our clients a...

I have always been drawn to organizations whose mission is rooted in social action; the attraction comes from the fact that people are at the heart of such organizations rather than the bottom line. That’s...

Carlo and his supervisor Rick have been moving furniture together for years… Furniture Bank has evolved in many ways over the past decade. While these changes and improvements have greatly increased our ability to help...

Iris and Peter … Dedicated Volunteers at Furniture Bank In their Words … It all began early last year in 2013 when we read about Furniture Bank in the Etobicoke Guardian. We were very moved...

Go Project July 31 and August 1st Rana Eissa (16): “I appreciate the gift that this organisation is giving the community and I’m thankful that they allowed us to experience it with them.”Rachel Mack (17):...

It started with a few tears and ended with many smiles… Our friends from RBC came in for another day of volunteering this week. This group of “regulars” volunteer with us every 6 weeks, helping...