Caring for CARITAS: An RVA Design Community Drive

When: May 14 from 3 to 6 p.m. + May 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Custom View, 1965 Westmoreland Street
What: Bring your furniture and household items to our special weekend-long furniture drive. Volunteers will be on hand to help unload donations and provide receipts for tax purposes. We will also host a table build at the event, which will be a fun hands-on volunteer opportunity.
Donations needed: Dressers, sofas, love seats, gently used mattresses and box springs (no foam or king), cookware & utensils, kitchen tables (no glass tops), and chairs.
Learn more:  www.caritasva.org/rvadesigndrive/
If you can’t make it: Donations are also accepted at the CARITAS Furniture Bank Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 2220 Stockton Street
Last fiscal year, CARITAS served 1,760 individuals through the Furniture Bank. These donations will touch many lives every single day right here in our own community. We look forward to bringing everyone together for this special event.
More about CARITAS: United by our compassion, CARITAS helps our most vulnerable neighbors break the cycles of homelessness and addiction to reclaim their dignity. For more than 30 years, CARITAS has provided effective, permanent solutions to community members dealing with the crisis of homelessness and/or substance use disorder in the Richmond area. Its programs include The Healing Place, the Emergency Shelter, The Furniture Bank, CARITAS Works, and the CARITAS Recovery Residences. Through these four programs, CARITAS provides men and women with the tools to make a successful transition to dignity and self-sufficiency.  You can learn about all of the organization’s services at www.caritasva.org.