Now is the time to do an act of kindness while you do some of your holiday shopping! If you shop online at Amazon, here is a GREAT opportunity to benefit HopeNow Furniture Bank and thereby our neighbors in Knox County who need our help.
Log in to smile.amazon.com/ch/26-4636287 to do your shopping. Amazon Smile will donate 5% of the total to HNFB. Shop now, because the offer is only until November 2.
Shop today, and we’ll all be SMILING!
Tuesday, October 30th at 10 a.m. we will hold a training/retraining workshop for all HopeNow Furniture Bank volunteers. This is a (required) opportunity to meet with all of the other staff that you don’t often get to see. Also, we will review our policies and practices to be sure we are all on the same page and are doing things in the best way to serve our organization and our clients. In case someone out there is reading this and is interested in volunteering with us, we welcome you to this meeting! Bev Actis Hierl will be here and will be conducting the training, so it will also be a great chance to chat with her. Pizza lunch will be served. Put it on your calendar!
HNFB volunteers are beginning the work to prepare for a crew coming in to do ceiling insulation of the warehouse. Since we are open year round, the temperatures in the warehouse can be very cold during the winter months. This insulation will help to keep the temperatures more moderate all year long. In preparation, mattresses, a lot of the furniture, and household goods must be temporarily moved. Some semi-truck beds have been rented to hold these things while the work is being done. While we have the opportunity, we also hope to do some thorough cleaning and prepare floor pads or racks to hold mattresses. The work is being underwritten by grant funds for which we are very thankful.
Hopefully, the work will be done before the end of the month, but as of now, we plan our first reopen day to be Tuesday, November 6th.
Amazon’s Prime Day is almost here! Deals start July 16 at 3 p.m. and run through July 17. Take advantage of one of the biggest shopping events of the year, and support HopeNow Furniture Bank! Amazon donates to HopeNow when you shop Prime Day deals at smile.amazon.com.
Just log in or create an account at smile.amazon.com. Each time you shop using this link, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to HopeNow Furniture Bank.
Make dinner a selfless act by joining us for a fundraiser to support HopeNow Furniture Bank. Come to the Chipotle at 857 Coshocton Ave. in Mount Vernon on Tuesday, June 12, from 4-8 p.m., and show the flyer above to the cashier on your smartphone, or tell the cashier that you’re supporting the cause, and 50 percent of the proceeds will be donated to HopeNow.
