{"id":562,"date":"2022-10-07T12:28:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridarecycled.com\/new\/?page_id=562"},"modified":"2022-11-22T20:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T20:44:17","slug":"furniture-exchange-and-revamp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/floridarecycled.com\/new\/furniture-exchange-and-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Furniture Exchange and Revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Project of\u00a0Florida<\/em> \u00a0ReCycleD<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cFURNITURE EXCHANGE AND REVAMP\u201d <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Shuman Juvenile Detention Center Community Service Project<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0Allegheny County Shuman Juvenile Detention Center<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0has partnered with\u00a0Habitat for Humanity \/ Restore;<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0The National Council of Jewish Women \u00a0\/ Thriftique; \u00a0St. Vincent de Paul Society \u00a0\/ Sharpsburg and Construction Junction<\/em>\u00a0to advocate the importance of art in our lives and communities in a first of its kind \u201cFurniture Exchange and Revamp Community Service Project\u201d. \u00a0Designed and operated by Gerry Florida of Florida Recycled, Ms. Florida works with the support of Allegheny County Shuman Juvenile Detention Center, The Juvenile Detention Association of Pennsylvania, The National Partnership on Juvenile<\/em>\u00a0Services<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The County Commissioners of PA\u00a0<\/em>along with a growing list of generous donations of furniture and\u00a0supplies from individuals, profit and nonprofit organizations.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Distressed furniture is delivered to Shuman Center where it is artfully refurbished and returned to the donor organization for sale in their resale shops. Individual donations are gifted to a donor organization of choice. \u00a0Habitat for Humanity is one of the first organizations to come on board with the project donating the first four pieces of furniture for restoration. \u00a0Shuman Center residents prepped the donated pieces through the process of sanding, priming, painting and hand decorating each item. \u00a0A light coat sealant was used to preserve the furniture before it\u2019s return to Habitat for Humanity where it was displayed in their Grand Opening in their Swissvale resale shop. \u00a0The original total resale value of the four pieces donated was twenty two dollars (22) …the four pieces sold within the first hours of the Grand Opening to one lucky buyer for a total of two hundred and sixty dollars (260<\/strong>)!\u00a0<\/strong>In the first eight weeks of operation over twenty pieces of furniture have been donated with the completion of twelve artfully revamped pieces. One Hundred( 100) percent of proceeds benefits the donating organization’s community service projects!<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0The\u00a0Furniture Exchange and Revamp Project\u00a0exemplifies the therapeutic and rehabilitative power of art. \u00a0Schools and communities painfully withstand budget cuts that jeopardize art sustainability as government, profit and nonprofit support slowly erodes. We believe that we all can be make a difference and make our voices heard to positively influence funding cuts that negatively affect our lives, education systems and culture. \u00a0Aside from the obvious music, theater and visual arts are many unsung benefits to the ways we all routinely use art in our daily lives underestimating the limitless careers where training in creative ability, problem solving and idea generation\u00a0become the springboards for a host of possibilities. The residents of Shuman Center proudly serve to model an innovative\u00a0community partnering exemplifying the importance of \u201cgiving back\u201d through art as they journey through recovery in\u00a0<\/strong>preparation to re-enter our communities as viable productive citizens and creative individuals.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Project Benefits:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

*Asserts the importance of art in the vitality of our personal, professional and economic lives.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

*Exemplifies efforts to deter arts budget cuts that create voids in our schools & communities.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

*Affords opportunities for creative partnering bringing people, recovery & communities together through art.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

*Advocates community awareness for the rehabilitative needs of at-risk populations.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

* Supports recycling of materials addressing the environmental concern for fewer waste products entering landfills.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

* Provides a wide range of community service support through programs supported by the donor organizations.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Furniture Donations:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n