Art Van Furniture and WXYZ-TV Collect More Than 15,000 Pounds of Food to Help Fight Hunger

Furniture World News Desk on 12/12/2018

Art Van Furniture reported that for the 10th consecutive year, metro Detroiters demonstrated their can-do spirit, donating 15,085 pounds of non-perishable food items as part of the Art Van and WXYZ-TV "Together We Can" food drive to benefit Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan. This year's campaign, which ran from Tuesday, November 6 through Friday, November 30, will provide 12,520 meals to families in need across southeastern Michigan.

"The generosity shown by our viewers and Art Van Furniture shoppers during the past 10 years represents the true meaning of the holidays," said Mike Murri, vice president and general manager of WXYZ-TV and WMYD-TV. "This annual campaign has an enormous impact on the lives of those less fortunate in our community."  

Metro Detroiters opened their pantries and brought cans, bags and boxes of food to 18 Art Van Furniture stores located in the communities served by Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan. The retailer's participating Michigan showrooms were in Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Bloomfield, Canton, Chesterfield Township, Clinton Township, Dearborn, Drayton Plains, Howell, Livonia, Novi, Royal Oak, Southfield, Sterling Heights, Taylor, Warren and Westland.      

Founded in 1977, Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan is a non-profit organization that provides millions of pounds of donated and purchased food to feed people in need throughout southeastern Michigan.

For more information, visit artvan.com.  

About Art Van Furniture, LLC.: Art Van Furniture, LLC is the Midwest's No. 1 furniture and mattress retailer with 188 stores in nine states operating under the following brands; Art Van Furniture, Art Van PureSleep, Art Van Flooring, Scott Shuptrine Interiors, Levin Furniture, Levin Mattress, Wolf Furniture and Gardiner Wolf Furniture. Founded in 1959, the company is headquartered in Warren, Mich. Art Van Furniture owned by Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. of Boston. Visit artvan.com for more information.