By Francesca DiFiore | Development Coordinator
This year marks Community Warehouse's 25th year providing donated furniture and household items to neighbors seeking the comfort, stability, and dignity of a furnished home! That's 25 years connecting the dining room tables, dressers, and beds already circulating in our communities to youth aging out of foster care, survivors of domestic violence, people exiting incarceration, immigrants, refugees, and families transitioning from homelessness. Since our founding in 2001, we've redistributed more than 91,000 household items, furnishing homes for more than 125,000 people in the Portland metro area.
Securing housing is a major milestone for the families who visit our furniture banks, but it is not the final step in their journey to stability and self-sufficiency. Community Warehouse bridges that gap, making furniture and household items accessible to those who need them most. People like Diane, who picked out what she needed to furnish her apartment after spending five months with only a twin mattress and a chair, or Ashley, who visited our furniture bank this fall with her family. “Thank you so much for the lovely furniture!” Ashley said. “It helped make my new apartment into a home for me and my baby girl.”
Thank you so much for supporting this collective effort of community care. We are so grateful to community members like you who keep showing up for our shared belief that everyone deserves the comfort and dignity of a furnished home.
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