2010 RCCO Charity Initiative

Furniture Bank of Central Ohio

118 South Yale Avenue

Columbus, OH 43222-1369

(p) 614-272-9544 (f) 614-272-9566

http://www.furniturebankcoh.org/ 

Volunteer dates:

2/28/11- 4:00 - 7:00 PM

5/24/11- 4:00 - 7:00 PM

8/23/11- 4:00 - 7:00 PM

11/28/11- 4:00 - 7:00 PM

All volunteering is completed at the above address.  Please contact Andrew Schneider via email at andrew.schneider@cboki.com to sign-up. 

Dress code for volunteering- No open toed shoes.  Casual dress is encouraged as your clothes may get dirty. 

If you cannot volunteer, we will also be accepting donations at each membership meeting. 

If you would like to make a monetary donation, please visit: http://www.furniturebankcoh.org/donate/  

Our mission and vision:

The Furniture Bank of Central Ohio provides free furniture to our central Ohio neighbors in need.

Our vision is that some day ALL central Ohio families will live in properly furnished homes as a result of furniture resource sharing and community collaborations.

History:

In 1998, Jeff Hay founded the Furniture Bank as Material Assistance Providers. Over the years, and under the current leadership of Jim Stein, the Furniture Bank has grown to become a collaborative community project. FBCO has increased furniture donation volume via aggressive community awareness campaigns and directed marketing efforts, strengthened the quality and consistency of its service to families in need and the agencies who refer them, and increased its facility space by moving to a permanent facility in Franklinton (just west of downtown Columbus).    

With a dedicated paid and volunteer staff in place, and with the guidance of its Board of Directors, the Furniture Bank has grown from the humble beginnings in 1998 of serving only a few hundred families per year, to serving nearly 3,800 in 2009. It is now the second largest furniture bank in the nation.

Moving into 2010 with a new name, new branding, new website and new ideas, the Furniture Bank of Central Ohio continues to grow forward, increase community collaboration and increase self-sustainability in pursuit of its simple mission and long-term vision of seeing EVERY family in central Ohio living in a properly-furnished home.

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