Did you know a donation gets you an Arizona state tax credit up to $800? Earn yours today. The state of Arizona provides an incredible incentive for taxpayers who donate to certain qualifying charities like Furniture Bank. Thanks to the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit, you can donate up to $800 and get it right back on your Arizona tax return. Furniture Bank works directly with Phoenix based social services, programs, and faith based communities to assist families, Veterans, seniors, and other folks with a hand up to regain self-sustainability as they work to escape homelessness and helplessness. Please help us help others! Donate today! http://www.furniturebank.us/arizona-tax-credit.html

It has been a busy summer for Furniture Bank! 

In addition to helping many individuals and families with furniture and furnishings, we partnered with the Phoenix Heat Relief Network to coordinate water donation efforts for our homeless friends throughout the greater Phoenix area. Furniture Bank also joined with Faith Through Works Fellowship to work with Backpacks 4 Kids AZ, a wonderful organization that provides backpacks filled with school supplies for kids in need as well as "Love Bundles" to children who have been displaced due to neglect, abuse, abandonment. They give these bags to shelters, county offices, resource centers, foster parent agencies, police stations and schools. Bags may also go to families with very limited resources. Like Furniture Bank, Backpacks 4 Kids Az., supports the mental wellbeing and comfort of children during a stressful time in their lives.

 

We would like to share a few stories of the many we have helped so far this year. We were blessed by our grant for beds from the Foothills Women’s Club to provide needed beds for our families in need. 

Valerie (name has been changed to protect her and her children’s privacy) is a mom of 3 children who not only escaped a domestic violence situation, but also got job training and secured employment and a safe place to live for her and her children to have a fresh start. In addition to the beds we were able to provide a kitchen table, living room, bedroom furniture, and furnishings for their new home.

Tonya (name has been changed to protect her privacy) was relocated here from another state due to a serious domestic violence event. We were able to assist her and her special needs high school aged son with needed beds, kitchen and living room furniture, furnishings, and a special student desk her son could use for his studies. It touched our hearts to know that because of donations from our community we were able to help them turn their house into a home as they adjust to their new life.

Furniture Bank continues to receive a wide variety of daily requests from people in all types of situations and challenges, our average client is a single mother with 3 children usually all under the age of 10. We are also helping veterans, elderly, and people overcoming physical and mental challenges to regain self-sustainability, independence, employment, and their own places to live. Working in partnership with the various helping agencies and social service organizations in our greater Phoenix area allows us to give those working to achieve self-sustainability a hand up as they move back into jobs and affordable and safe housing. We are in the Hand –UP business and not the hand –OUT game.

Furniture Bank continues to look and pray for financial support to accommodate a warehouse so we can expand our operations and serve even more folks in our community. Please share our need and pray for our continued healthy growth.

We can always use your gently used and no longer needed furniture and furnishings. As always, every donated penny goes toward supporting our client families and individuals needs for their homes.

Please pray about helping us help others! All donations are tax deductible!

Did you know that in addition to giving to your children’s school you can also help Furniture Bank when you contribute to the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit program ?(ARS 43-1088) You can earn a dollar for dollar tax credit on your tax return while supporting children and families as they escape homelessness and move back into homes and jobs. For more information visit www.furniturebank.us

Let the blessings Roll!

Furniture Bank is a 501c3 public charity and every penny donated goes toward helping our families, veterans, and individuals in need. We are in the hand-UP business and not the HANDOUT GAME! Please help us help others! http://www.furniturebank.us/arizona-tax-credit.html