Denver Mattress Company Donates over $176,000 to the Salvation Army for Operation Rest Assured.DENVER -- Denver Mattress Company donated over $176,000 to the Colorado Chapter of The Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. through their 8th Annual Operation Rest Assured charity campaign. Denver Mattress raised the funds through an in-store campaign. The logistics of the campaign consisted of $20 being allocated for each mattress sold from the end of November through December 31, 2007 to The Salvation Army. In addition, Denver Mattress underwrote a comprehensive direct donation fundraising awareness campaign. This included both newspaper and television advertising to solicit donations and raise awareness for The Salvation Army. The donation comes as a welcome relief this year to The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army is coping with the financial impact of Colorado's brutal winter coupled with a 7% decrease in kettle kettle, oval depression found in glacial moraines, which are landforms made up of rock debris. When a glacier melts and draws away from an area, a block of ice may break off and be covered by earth and rock. donations during the holiday season. "The Salvation Army is extremely grateful for this very special gift from Denver Mattress Company's Operation Rest Assured campaign," said Lt. Col. Raymond Peacock peacock or peafowl, large bird of the genus Pavo, in the pheasant family, native to E Asia. There are two main species, the common (Pavo cristatus), and the Javanese (P. , Divisional Commander of The Salvation Army, Intermountain in·ter·moun·tain adj. Located between mountains or mountain systems, especially lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada or Cascade Range in the western United States. Division. "This gift will provide shelter to the homeless, feed the hungry, tutor at-risk kids in our after school programs and help families transition out of homelessness. Lives will be changed throughout the Metro Denver community." Denver Mattress Company is a division of Furniture Row Companies. Furniture Row Companies is one of America's largest family-owned specialty home furnishings furnishings the extra type or quantity of hair on the head, tail, ears or legs, specified for a particular breed. For example, the feathers in setters, the beard in Bearded collies, the eyebrows in Schnauzers. and bedding retailers. With two of the busiest, state-of-the-art mattress factories The Mattress Factory is a museum of contemporary art located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It exhibits room-sized installation art from across the country and around the world. in the world, Denver Mattress services over 140 distribution locations across the country. Subsequently, Denver Mattress utilizes one of the largest mattress distribution networks in the U.S. For more information regarding the company visit www.denvermattress.com or www.furniturerow.com. Nearly 34 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadcast array of social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. About 83 cents of every dollar raised is used to support those services in nearly 5,000 communities nationwide. For more information please visit www.salvationarmyusa.org or call 1-800-SAL-ARMY. |
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