DONATE FURNITURE IN TORONTO SAFELY: CANADA'S FIRST DISTANCED FURNITURE REMOVAL SERVICE
Since March 17th, 2020, our facility has been closed and our team has been working hard remotely in order to do our part to #flattenthecurve while still supporting the City of Toronto’s Housing Programs as an essential service. We have hundreds of families unable to self-isolate successfully in empty housing, and they need our support now more than ever.
Today I am thrilled to announce Canada’s first DISTANCED Removal Service is live and operating! Our professional staff ensure your furniture donation items can be collected and delivered safely to the thousands of families in Toronto still needing a home during this crisis through the Furniture Bank process.
Below is a timeline of a typical distanced pickup, (from your home to the new home). Our team at Furniture Bank Toronto look forward to talking to you about your specific donation items and help kickstart your decluttering project! #togetherwecan
Tammy Peddle
Director of Social Enterprise & Development
tammy.peddle@furniturebank.org
How does a Distanced Furniture Donation Pickup work?
Decide to help! Donate!
Declutter now. Organize your furniture, boxes of housewares, and other items that could be used by Furniture Bank Toronto.
Today
Tell us about your furniture donation
Where you are, timing, and other contact details in the Booking Request.
Click here to startToday
Let's talk to answer your questions
We have a team of amazing helpful staff looking to help organize a pickup.
Within 2 business hours
Pay over the phone
To avoid payment in person and keep the process contact-free, we handle this upfront as it's safer for everyone! 100% of the funds go directly to charity operations.
(We currently accept all major credit cards)
Call us at: 1 (416) 934 1229
On the call with Furniture Bank
Donate your furniture safely
We will not enter your home and we will maintain 6-feet of distance at all times. We are not using elevators at this time, so please leave your furniture donation in a garage, on your porch, in the driveway or in a storage/loading area in your building. Please wipe all surfaces with bleach wipes or leave untouched for 3 days for safety. Please label items with tape or paper that read "FURNITURE BANK."
Read more about cleaning furnitureAt least 3 days before pickup
We send you an email reminder
We will provide email and text notices of our arrival times. If the donation needs to be delayed, let us know and we can find a new day.
1 day before pickup
We send you an ETA text message
We will provide email and text notices of our arrival times.
2 hours before pickup
The pickup team arrives!
Provide access to our team!
Our staff are trained to follow proper distancing and safety protocols.
Pickup day!
Donation returns to Furniture Bank Toronto
Your in-kind donations will be returned to Furniture Bank for deposit.
Same day after pickup
Unloading & inspecting
All furniture donation items will be carefully unloaded and inspected for regifting or repair needs.
Same day after pickup
Cleaning & processing
All hard surfaces will be sanitized by Furniture Bank Toronto. We welcome any spare supplies when we come to pickup!
Same day after pickup
Donation deposited into the bank
All community furniture donations are gathered, organized, inventoried and ready to support Toronto community agencies and their families.
End of pickup day
If needed, we repair at the workshop
As part of the Leg up Program, we are repairing, refurbishing, and recycling items that need our help before going out to families in need.
Pickup day +1
Community agency priority requests
As community agencies secure shelter and empty housing they make priority requests to Furniture Bank to assemble our Homing Kit. From empty housing to a successful home through furnishings!
Everyday!
Homing kits assembled
Staff and volunteers curate from community donations to find the best home solution we can and prepare it for shipping.
Next day!
Homing kit delivered to family
Your donations start making it back into the community through our contact-free delivery service.
Within days!
You just changed a life!
When you donate items to Furniture Bank Toronto, you are making a huge difference for people in need. Basic needs including furniture, housewares, and other necessities of life help families to move past simply 'sheltering' and towards building a successful home.
Within days!
Your charitable tax receipt is sent!
An email will be sent with your charitable tax receipt for the in-kind furniture donated.
