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Print and take this coupon to DaVinci's Pizzeria from now until Dec., 6 and 25% of sales will go the Furniture Bank to help our clients. DaVinci's is located at 1810 Spring Road, Smyrna 30080.

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Last week I assisted with checking our clients in. Essentially, the process involves verifying someones voucher and then going over a list of all the furniture items they will receive during their visit to the Furniture Bank.As I rattled off the normal spiel, "Your case manager has indicated that you could use a sofa, a love seat or two easy chairs, a mattress and box spring," the list continued

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The 400 mattresses donated for flood victims are starting to leave the warehouse. Whew! Above two Furniture Bank volunteers, Scott Perrin and Simon Shirley, help a couple recently displaced because of the September floods, load their free mattress. Weeks ago when the Furniture Bank received the 3 semi trucks full of mattresses, we weren't quite sure where to put them. With the rows of sofas,

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It's been several weeks since I've blogged about Elbert. That's not to say that there has been any shortage of exciting activity around here.Today, I sit just inches away from Elbert as he diligently calls different places to secure an Intel Pentimum...yes Pentimum not Pentium computer. I don't think that's even a brand of computer. This morning he came in and sat at his usual station by the

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I can't believe it's been a month since I've blogged. Clearly, there is a lot going on at the Furniture Bank. After this quick update, you'll see why it's been so long. 1. We received the 400 mattresses that Buckhead Church generously donated the money for us to purchase. What a day of unloading that was. We've been unable to use a whole section of our warehouse because it's packed full of

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Last week I got an email from one of our partnering churches asking if we were going to be able to assist flood victims and if we needed any volunteers to help. Since our core clients are folks that are moving out of homelessness shelters, living with HIV/AIDS and fleeing domestic violence situations we don't have the funding to assist people outside of that so we'd have no need for

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Last weekend the Furniture Bank hosted the first volunteer appreciation event. It was exciting to think about all the volunteers we've had help us throughout the last year. We've had groups that worked on building projects like building bases for our table tops, groups that have cleaned our warehouse each month, groups that have hosted Furniture Drives, individuals that work one on one with our

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Sometimes I will bring Elbert some food from home and almost always he does not take it. One time I brought chili and he really seemed to like that, but otherwise he refuses my offerings. He does the same to David and Lonnie too. I often wonder why someone who has few resources would reject food of any kind. He should be happy with any kind of food, right?Recently, I received a call from a

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Elbert is full of ideas and intentions. Each day that he is in the office he spends significant time asking David to research auto and land auctions. "Hey, uh, David," Elbert says in his scruffy but quiet voice. "When you get a minute can you look up land auctions in Alberta, Canada." Yes, I said Alberta, Canada. Sometimes he asks David to research plots of land that are close to where he

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Apparently Friday's are exciting days around the office. I'm off on Friday's so I miss the fun, but the entertaining stories get passed along. As I've said in previous blogs, Elbert has become central to the life of the Furniture Bank even though he does not work here and really has no particular reason he needs to hang around.Several Friday's ago Elbert had a run in with the coffeemaker. David

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One of my favorite shows is Boiling Point. The idea is to put regular people in irritating situations to see how long it will take the person to get angry, irate or curse someone out. If the person stays calm through the irritating situation, then he or she wins money. Most people don't win. Maybe I'm sick for enjoying it. Or maybe I think about the entertainment value I might add to the

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Have you ever driven past a construction site and noticed all the workers in neon orange and yellow staring at the lone person whose actually completing a task? Generally, I think "Well, there are my tax dollars at work...kind of." I've always had a hard time understanding why people watch while others work. I'm more of a doer. I just jump right in.But today I got caught up. I did not have

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When Elbert first started coming around the office he would just sit in one of our rolling chairs all day. Occasionally, he would wander back into the warehouse and bring something out that he wanted to borrow."Hey David," Elbert would say in his low, scruffy voice. David is the donations coordinator. Elbert would hold up a dirty and half broken shovel, "you think it would be okay for me to

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It was pouring rain and gloomy as I pulled into my parking spot at the Furniture Bank. Instantly I noticed a large, scruffy looking man standing on the dock in front of the entrance to the office. Specifically, I remember the broad, reflecting aviator glasses he wore and wondered why he might need them on such a gloomy day. Over the next several weeks, Elbert became a staple in the Furniture

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

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The other day I was in desperate need of a pair of scissors to cut the tag off a new shirt. Rumbling around the house, tossing things to and fro, mumbling under my breath 'where could they be. I know I had them just yesterday.' It is so frustrating to have a need something and not be able to address it.Like many non-profits the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta is always in need. Like the stack

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The Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta was started in 1988 to serve individuals and families moving out of homeless shelters and in need of basic household furniture. Today, we provide furniture to individuals and families that are moving out of homeless shelters, living with HIV/AIDS, and fleeing domestic violence situations.We serve approximately 40 families a week and guarantee a bed and sofa

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