Fresh Start Furniture Bank - Furnishing Hope
Fresh Start collects donations of furniture and home goods from the public and distributes them, for free, to people in need. In order to receive furniture people must obtain a referral from a social service agency. They then have 30 days to come in and work with a personal shopper to help them select their items. We stock just about everything to furnish a household.
Agencies | Families Helped | Items Distributed | |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | 75 | 180 | 2,435 |
2015 | 140 | 257 | 4,115 |
2016 |
196 | 328 | 8,244 |
2017 |
265 | 439 | 15,184 |
2018 |
335 | 595 | 17,802 |
2019 |
380 | 555 | 20,297 |
2020 (Covid) |
427 | 282 | 15,095 |
Our 2019 budget is quite simple: We have a $120K budget which basically consists of $80K for rent, $21K part time employee, $5K to run our truck and $14K for other expenses such as insurance, dumpster, Internet, utilities, etc. Due to this tight fiscal management, we can furnish an entire household for about $175. Think about that...