doing good

The Green Chair Project announces return of annual ‘chair-ity’ event for 2024

Chairity 2024 will feature 15 beautifully curated rooms brought to life by local interior designers using generously donated products from the home furnishings industry. This annual event plays a vital role in supporting the organization’s mission to furnish homes and change lives by providing families in need with essential household items. 

Tackling diversity and creating playful company culture with PKA Architecture 

PKA is challenging industry norms through its approach to diversity and cultivating collaborative design processes in their ever-expanding firm. Their innovative methods extend from their hiring practices to their design philosophy, setting them apart in the competitive world of residential architecture.

Gift for life expands Home vs Hunger fundraising in Vegas

Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ longest-running, volunteer-led national charitable organization, is thrilled to announce the expansion of its successful Home vs Hunger fundraising campaign at Summer 2024 Las Vegas Market, July 28 – August 1, 2024, at World Market Center Las Vegas.

Gift for Life Honors Dorothy Belshaw during REAs $34,000+ donated in connection with Industry Achievement Award

ANDMORE President Dorothy Belshaw was honored with Gift for Life’s 2024 Industry Achievement Award during the 73rd Annual Retailer Excellence Awards, June 19, 2024, in Dallas, TX. This coveted accolade recognized Dorothy’s exceptional contributions to the gift and home industry over her more than 30-year career.  In connection with the award, more than $34,000 has been donated in Belshaw’s honor to World Central Kitchen’s global hunger relief efforts.

Dallas Designers launch new non-profit Designers For Dogs 

Through education, advocacy, and creative collaboration, Designers For Dogs aspires to bridge the gap between design and animal welfare, ultimately transforming the Interior Design community into a force for positive change in  the lives of rescue and foster dogs. 

Savvy Giving By Design launches the Go To Your Room Box™ initiative

Savvy Giving by Design™ is excited to announce the launch of its latest philanthropic endeavor, the Go to Your Room Box™. This initiative aims to provide children facing medical crises across the country with design-centric comfort items.

Gift for Life Presents “Party with Peter” a 70 ½ Birthday Wine Tasting Fundraiser Benefiting World Central Kitchen

Gift for Life, the gift and home industry’s longest-running, volunteer-led charitable organization, announces an evening of celebration and philanthropy at “Party with Peter,” a 70 ½ Birthday Wine Tasting Fundraiser benefiting World Central Kitchen, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at The Candler Hotel in downtown Atlanta.

Spectra Home announces the winner  of the Chair of Hope raffle

At the October High Point Market Spectra Home showroom visitors wrote their special healing intentions on a beautiful linen fabric which was used to upholster a Tamara Day by Spectra Home Meyer Chair. Infused with hopeful, helpful energy it was raffled off after the April Market to benefit The Common Thread for The Cure Foundation.

Gift for Life Welcomes Seven New Board Members

Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ longest-running, volunteer-led national charitable organization, today welcomed seven new members to its board of directors

Gift For Life issues statement in response to killing of World Central Kitchen relief workers

WCK sends teams and aid where they are desperately needed, which is quite often into harm’s way, so while this type of danger is not unknown to WCK, Chef Jose Andres has announced the suspension of WCK’s relief efforts in Gaza.