Bernie & Phyl's Furniture's "Friends in Need" Program Donates $12,000 Worth of Furniture to Goodwill

Furniture World Magazine

Bernie & Phyl's Furniture, one of the largest furniture retailers in New England, has donated $12,000 worth of furniture to Goodwill Industries of the Merrimack Valley. The furniture will be used to support Goodwill's job training programs throughout the Merrimack Valley area. Bernie & Phyl's recently donated new furniture to the Greater Nashua Visitation Center and the Young Adult Program of the Community Council of Nashua. The donations were made to celebrate the grand opening of the retailer's new superstore in Nashua. Bernie & Phyl's Furniture's "Friends In Need" program donates furniture on an ongoing basis to charitable organizations in need in all of the areas where the company has stores. The retailer regularly donates furniture to Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries in Boston and has given that organization over $300,000 in furniture donations since 2000. Bernie & Phyl's also has an ongoing relationship with Habitat for Humanity to help furnish all of the houses they build in Boston and Nashua. They have committed to furnishing from top-to-bottom the house that Habitat for Humanity Nashua is currently building on Fowell Avenue, which should be completed later this year. "We are excited to be expanding our donation program throughout New Hampshire. Through Goodwill, we are now able to touch even more people in need in Massachusetts and New Hampshire," said Bernie Rubin, co-founder and president of Bernie & Phyl's Furniture. Bernie & Phyl's Furniture is one of the fastest growing retailers in the country. Based in Norton, MA, the company has five Massachusetts stores in Cambridge, Everett, Saugus (50,000 square foot superstore), Westboro (50,000 square foot superstore), and Weymouth, and one New Hampshire store in Nashua (40,000 square foot superstore). In 2002, the company was named national "Retailer of The Year" by the National Home Furnishings Association. Bernie & Phyl's Furniture has made the list of Top 100 U.S. Furniture Stores for the past three years.