CORT Furniture Honored as Business of the Year in Houston
Furniture World News Desk on
10/19/2018
CORT Furniture recently announced that the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston and Harris County recognized CORT as Business of the Year at the organization’s annual World Homeless Day Awards Reception. The event honored local advocates for their work to support those suffering from homelessness in Houston and surrounding areas. Todd Shell, national manager of supportive housing at CORT, attended the event on behalf of CORT because of his work with the Coalition for the Homeless to help bring awareness to homeless issues in the community through donations and volunteering.
“We at CORT are extremely honored and humbled to receive the award for Business of the Year,” said Shell. “The Coalition for the Homeless is making a great impact on the Houston community by supporting individuals and families seeking safe, stable housing and CORT is truly grateful to be a part of their important work.”
Houston organizations and leaders submitted nominees for the World Homeless Day Awards in September, and the final award recipients were put to a vote by the Coalition for the Homeless Board.
More than 300 guests, including Coalition for the Homeless staff, The Way Home partner organizations and honorees, gathered for the reception at The Ballroom at Bayou Place for light bites and cocktails and an update from Coalition President and CEO Marilyn Brown. Guests celebrated more than 30 World Homeless Day award recipients for their critical work to solve homelessness in the Greater Houston area.
To learn more about how to get involved, visit homelesshouston.org/take-action.
More about the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County: The Coalition for the Homeless is a 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to provide leadership in the development, advocacy, and coordination of community strategies to prevent and end homelessness. For more information, visit www.homelesshouston.org.
More about CORT: CORT, a part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is the nation's leading provider of transition services, including furniture rental for home and office, event furnishings, destination services, apartment locating, touring and other services. With more than 100 offices, showrooms and clearance centers across the United States, operations in the United Kingdom and partners in more than 80 countries around the world, no other furniture rental company can match CORT's breadth of services and companywide commitment to making a house a home, an office a great place to work and an event a memorable celebration. For more information, visit www.cort.com.