From homeless to a stable home, learn more about one client’s journey An enthusiastic “all of it!” was Brenda Rogers’s response when asked to name her favorite item of furniture for her new apartment. Brenda had just passed through Houston Furniture Bank’s (HFB) Distribution Center, selecting the essential furniture that would soon be hers. HFB […]
This month Houston Furniture Bank (HFB) is beginning a series of profiles highlighting the dedicated staff that makes our programs and services so successful! Meet Flor Espinosa, an expert mattress maker and new member of the Houston Furniture Bank team. Flor has been been making mattresses for more than 20 years! In 2018, HFB purchased […]
This month’s Houston Furniture Bank (HFB) Board Spotlight features Board Member Tom Harwell. He has been on the Board of Directors for less than a year. Tom was recruited to Houston Furniture Bank by long-time supporter Stephanie Haynes, a Houston Furniture Bank Advisory Board member. Tom has spent 45 years in the hospitality industry. He […]
Today’s Houston Furniture Bank partner spotlight is Mattress Firm. The national bedding retailer has been a longtime supporter of Houston Furniture Bank’s services and programs – providing donations and partnering in initiatives to support area families. In fact, the continued success of our Mattress Recycling Center is largely dependent on the 3-5 trailer loads of […]
Imagine your child going to sleep at night on the floor. Imagine waking them up for school every morning, knowing that tonight your family won’t have any beds to sleep on again. It would be heartbreaking! But for thousands of families in the Houston are this is their reality every single day, and night. This […]
Thank you, Houston, for your generosity! Thousands of Houston area families are living without the most basic furniture items, from a comfortable place to sit to even a place to sleep. Houston Furniture Bank held the second annual Houston Strong Furniture Drive on Saturday, November 17 to invite the community to donate gently-used furniture and […]