2009
The CARITAS Furniture Bank officially launches the Citywide Furniture Drive 2009 by accepting a over 100 mattress sets donated by Mattress Discounters and made possible by generous discounts from bedding manufacturers International Bedding and Sealy. The ceremonial first mattresses will be donated at Mattress Discounters’ Hull Street location, which is one of the 10 furniture-store drop-off locations across the region. The goal for the Citywide Drive is to collect 500 mattresses, dressers and other essential furniture over two weekends: September 25 – 27 2009and October 2 – 4 2009 with this donation we are more than 20% toward our goal.