Donation hours for HOUSEHOLD items to Monday through Friday, 10 AM – 4 PM, LARGE FURNITURE (couches, beds, dressers) can be dropped off Mondays and Fridays from 10 AM – 2 PM, or during our bonus Saturday each month from 9 AM – 12 PM; other times by appointment due to limited garage access. We are located at 2275 16th ave SW Cedar Rapids.
Call us : (319) 382-2882
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Welcome to Central Furniture Rescue

Help Us Turn a New Place to Live into a Home

Help Us Turn a New Place to Live into a Home

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Our Mission

We believe that all people deserve to be treated with love, dignity, and kindness.

Central Furniture Rescue provides furniture and household items at no cost to individuals and families who are transitioning out of experiencing homelessness and into their own places to live.

 

A socially and environmentally responsible option

Central Furniture Rescue actively recycles, collaborating with city authorities and private organizations to divert as much waste from landfills as possible. To manage our inventory effectively and sustain our mission, CFR may sell overstock or high-value items when necessary. Funds received from these sales directly support our mission, allowing us to continue providing essential furniture and household items to those in need.

Volunteer with Us on Donation Days!

Every Monday and Friday between 10 AM and 4 PM, Central Furniture Rescue opens its doors to receive donations from our generous community. These donations help transform empty spaces into homes for families and individuals in need — and we need volunteers like YOU to make it all happen!

🏡 Front-End Volunteers

Be the welcoming face of CFR! Greet donors at the door, thank them for their generosity, and guide them to the right spot for their donations.

🛠️ Warehouse Volunteers

Get hands-on! Help donors unload furniture, keep walkways clear, clean and organize items, and place repair needs in the workroom with a note. You’ll also help us ensure we’re only taking what we can use.

⏰ Shifts & Teamwork

Shifts are flexible between 10 AM – 4 PM.

Volunteer for a few hours or the whole day.

We need at least 2 volunteers in the front and 2 in the warehouse each donation day.

✨ Why volunteer?

Your time makes an immediate impact — helping us prepare donations so every family receives the dignity of a safe, comfortable home.

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🚚 Join the Welcome Home Delivery Team!

At Central Furniture Rescue, every delivery is more than just moving furniture—it’s about turning a place to live into a true home. We’re looking for small groups of 4–6 teens or adults to join our Welcome Home Delivery Team. This is a hands-on way to serve families and individuals in our community who are transitioning out of crisis and into safe housing.

What You’ll Do:

Spend 2–3 hours per client delivery, depending on the size of the household order. “Shop” our warehouse to select furniture and household essentials. Load items onto a trailer or truck.

Deliver and set up furniture in the client’s apartment or house.

🚗 We Also Need Volunteer Drivers!

Do you have a vehicle with towing capacity? You can make a huge impact by serving as a Delivery Driver.

Pull one of CFR’s trailers, already loaded with furniture, to the client’s home.

Wait while the delivery team unloads the items.

Return the empty trailer back to our warehouse.

This is a simple but essential role—without drivers, our delivery teams can’t get furniture to families in need.

How It Works:

You tell us the day and time your group or you as a driver are available.

We’ll schedule a delivery for that slot.

If your group doesn’t have a truck, CFR can provide a driver and trailer—but we always welcome more drivers with towing vehicles to expand our reach.

Why It Matters:

Every couch, table, and bed you deliver is a step toward stability, dignity, and hope for someone starting fresh. Your effort helps guarantee that families can eat at a table, sit in a living room, and sleep in a real bed.

👉 Interested in joining the Welcome Home Delivery Team or volunteering as a driver?

📧 Contact us at volunteers@centralfurniturerescue.org

What we do

We collect basic furniture and household items to provide to those transitioning from homelessness into their own homes.

You can help us accomplish our mission by donating money and volunteering your time and talents.

Our Volunteers2021-10-15T06:42:20+00:00

Our volunteers help in many ways including collecting donations, sorting through household goods, determining client needs, matching needs to donations, organizing our warehouse, delivering items to clients, managing our website and more.

Individual Volunteer Opportunities
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Furniture Rescue2021-10-15T02:58:32+00:00

We receive donations of basic furniture and household items, rescuing them from being sent to the landfill. Then we deliver the beds, dressers, kitchenware, etc. to our clients according to their needs, at no cost, to help turn a house into a home.

Our Clients2021-10-15T02:58:48+00:00

We receive client referrals from the area homeless and women’s shelters (See Our Partners page for more infomation). Our clients have worked very hard to overcome homelessness and are moving into their own housing.

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Success Stories

We are committed to helping people who need it most. Read about their experiences and successes with Central Furniture Rescue.

Delah

One day Delah packed up and left Chicago, coming to Cedar Rapids looking for a fresh start. With two [...]

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