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More than a decade of Salesforce volunteer days

Salesforce teams have volunteered at Furniture Bank for more than a decade, building, sanding and refinishing furniture for families moving into a home of their own.

Salesforce built giving into the company from the start with its 1-1-1 model, committing 1% of its time, equity and product to communities. Its employees get seven paid days of volunteer time off each year and matching for their donations, and Salesforce teams in Toronto have spent some of them with us.

The busiest years were 2016 and 2017, when Salesforce teams came 19 times between them. Recent teams have built bed frames and slatted shelves, assembled cabinets and drawers, and sanded and painted furniture, most recently in May 2025, as the photos below show. Salesforce and its employees have also supported Furniture Bank with financial gifts since 2016, and the video below shows one of their volunteer days.

Everything Salesforce volunteers finish goes to the families we serve: newcomers and refugees, people leaving homelessness, and women and children starting over after a shelter stay. A social service agency refers each family to us, and our team helps them choose what their household needs from our showroom.

When a family chooses a bed frame or a dresser in our showroom, there is a good chance a volunteer team like Salesforce’s helped get it ready. Thank you to every Salesforce volunteer who has spent a day with us, and to the teams still to come.