🌟 Year in Review: Community Impact by the Numbers
Because of an incredible community of donors, volunteers, and partners, Central Furniture Rescue continued turning a place to live into a home—one household at a time.
🏠People & Households Served
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610 households served
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1,402 people impacted
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45% were children
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🛋️ Meeting Four Basic Needs
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🛏️ 600 beds provided — giving families a good night’s sleep
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🍽️ 425 kitchen kits — providing the ability to prepare and serve meals
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🚿 450 bathroom kits — restoring dignity through the ability to bathe
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🛋️ 415 living rooms furnished — couches, end tables, and lamps offering a place to sit down and feel at home
đźšš Deliveries, Pick-Ups & Donations
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đźš› Furniture delivered to over 400 households
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🚶‍♂️ 200 households supported through in-warehouse pick-ups
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📦 Donations picked up from 350+ community donors
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🏨 2 hotel partners contributing large-scale donations
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⛪ 3 church partners providing support, space, and generosity
🤝 Volunteer Power
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⏱️ 13,000+ volunteer hours
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đź’› 32 core volunteers
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đź‘Ą 55 volunteer groups
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🙌 685 individual volunteers
♻️ Environmental Impact
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73 tons of furniture diverted from the landfill, giving usable items a second life while caring for our shared environment
🛋️ Donation Update – We’re Unpausing Furniture Donations! 🛠️
Thank you for your patience! We temporarily paused donations while we received a large volume of hotel donations. That work is wrapping up, and we’re excited to open donations back up.
âś… We are now accepting furniture donations again
đźš« We are not accepting Full or King beds at this time
🛏️ We are accepting Twin and Queen beds/mattresses
Your donated items help individuals and families who have transitioned out of crisis turn a place to live into a home—with dignity, comfort, and stability.
If you have questions about a specific item, please reach out before dropping it off. Thank you for being part of this community effort!
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.
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.
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.
Success Stories
We are committed to helping people who need it most. Read about their experiences and successes with Central Furniture Rescue.
Amber: The Comforts of Home
With six kids aged 10 and under, Amber has her hands full. She was working with Helping Hands for [...]
Delah
One day Delah packed up and left Chicago, coming to Cedar Rapids looking for a fresh start. With two [...]
Brittany: Our Own Space
From the derecho to the pandemic, this year has thrown Brittany a lot of curveballs. Homeless with three kids [...]
