Jordan faces an extreme refugee situation, with the influx putting a strain on their healthcare infrastructure. Working with FRS, Helping Hand for Relief and Development, an international humanitarian organization, sponsored shipments of furniture from California to Al Bashir Hospitals in Amman, Jordan.
This is an unusual story that we do not want to be relegated to the dustbin of reuse history. Imagine for the moment that you are a warehouse manager for a large corporation. Major refurbishment projects on your campus resulted in 16,000 surplus wastebaskets sent to the warehouse.
A large university in the San Francisco Bay Area had an inventory of special AV carts that were no longer needed. They contacted Furniture Reuse Solutions (FRS) for a sustainable way to redeploy these items in the community and divert them from the landfill.
During their first year of partnership, Furniture Reuse Solutions (FRS) shipped more than 18 tons of furniture and equipment to Teen Challenge locations.
Carlsbad, CA— November 5, 2020 Furniture Reuse Solutions (FRS) is continuing their expansion in the western United States with a new office opening in the Reno area in December. The Reno office will cover business services and sales from western California throughout the state of Nevada.