CITY Furniture Partners with Miami Dolphins at Annual “Delivering Hope” Event
Furniture World News Desk on
6/21/2023
CITY Furniture, the Miami Dolphins and the Miami Dolphins Football UNITES™ program hosted its sixth annual Delivering Hope event where over 100 children received brand-new beds.
CITY Furniture, the Miami Dolphins and the Miami Dolphins Football UNITES™ program hosted its sixth annual Delivering Hope event where over 100 children received brand-new beds at Hard Rock Stadium on Friday, June 16.
Families from Miami Dolphins Football UNITES™ community partners and local non-profit organizations including HANDY/HOMES participated in an exciting evening which featured dinner, interactive games and a behind-the-scenes tour of Hard Rock Stadium and the Miami Dolphins locker room. At the conclusion of the event, Miami Dolphins players Jerome Baker, Emmanuel Ogbah, Duke Riley and Durham Smythe joined CITY Furniture CEO Andrew Koenig and surprised 100 children and their families with a brand-new bed complete with Miami Dolphins-themed bedding.
Now in its sixth year, the Dolphins and CITY Furniture have provided more than 600 beds to children and families in need through the Delivering Hope program.
Recipients from the event included families from Lotus House Women’s Shelter, HANDY/HOMES, the Mexican American Council, the Seeking Education Empowers Knowledge (S.E.E.K) Foundation and SOS Children’s Villages Florida.
Rize generously donated the bedframes, BedGear provided the pillows, and Serta Simmons supplied the mattresses, ensuring that each child received a complete and comfortable sleep set at the Delivering Hope event.
ABOUT CITY FURNITURE
CITY Furniture, a South-Florida-based, family-owned American furniture and mattress retailer and fine upholstery manufacturer and one of America’s Top 20 furniture retailers, operates over thirty showrooms from Miami through Vero Beach, and in Southwest and Central Florida, as well as fourteen Ashley Home Store showrooms as the brand’s Southeast and Southwest Florida licensee. For more information, visit www.cityfurniture.com.
About the Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins, owned by Chairman of the Board & Managing General Partner Stephen M. Ross, are the oldest major-league professional sports franchise in the state of Florida, having joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The organization has played in five Super Bowls, winning championships following the 1972 (VII) and 1973 (VIII) seasons. The franchise also has won five conference championships and 13 division championships. The Dolphins play home games at Hard Rock Stadium and train at the Baptist Health Training Complex in Miami Gardens. For more information, visit www.Dolphins.com.
About The Miami Dolphins Football UNITES™ program
The Miami Dolphins Football UNITES™ program presented by Baptist Health strives to connect the intersections of the community to create a more inclusive South Florida. By working with over 50 community partners and allies the program focuses on improving relationships, fostering understanding and experiencing culture throughout South Florida.