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Furniture Co-op Helps Families Make Homes

Submitted by Furniture Co-Op on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 15:29
One Tuesday morning at The Furniture Co-op, Alva sunk back into one of the donated couches with her two small children, and patted the bulge on her stomach. Her baby was due in a month, and her newly remodeled, subsidized apartment was empty except for a toddler bed and a couple of mattresses. She was looking for a couch, a table, some towels and small items to turn the place into a home before the baby arrived.

Turning an Empty Apartment into a Home

Submitted by Furniture Co-Op on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 13:16

Talk to anyone walking around The Furniture Co-op during “shopping hours” on a Tuesday or Saturday morning, and you’ll find they have an amazing story. One recent client was Ruth, who is 63 years old, and never thought she’d be living in a subsidized apartment, unable to afford furniture, lamps, dishes and picture frames on her own.

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