Nebraska Furniture Mart and Ashley Furniture donated 630 mattresses to Wyandotte County charities this week.
An NFM spokesman said they worked through the United Way of Wyandotte County, which found organizations to receive the mattresses.
Andy Shefsky, community and public relations manager for Nebraska Furniture Mart, said that Ashley Furniture, one of the manufacturers, provided the mattresses, requesting NFM to donate them.
The value of the 630 mattresses was estimated to be at least $250,000. Of the total, 450 were queen size while 180 were double or full size.
“Through volunteer programs, corporate philanthropy and conservation efforts that benefit the regions we call home, NFM employees are making a difference and improving lifestyles every single day,” Shefsky said in a statement.
Organizations that received mattresses included: A Step Above; Avenue of Life; Catholic Charities; Cornerstones of Care – Pathways; Cross-Lines Community Outreach; Economic Opportunity Foundation; Eeroma Resources; Friends of Yates; Healthy Families – Unified Government; Hillcrest Transitional Housing; Targeted Case Manager (TCM); Kansas City Kansas Community College; Life Unlimited; Mattie Rhodes Center; Metro Lutheran Ministries; MOCSA – Metropolitan Organization to Combat Sexual Assault; Mosaic; Mount Carmel Redevelopment Corp.; ResCare Residential Services; Salvation Army Harbor Light Village; Team Cosgrove; Vaughn Trent Community Services; and YouthBuild KCK.