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Thank You for Making The givingRooms a Success!
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported our inaugural fundraiser, The givingRooms. We are beyond delighted with how wonderfully the event came together and how warmly it was received.
A special thank-you to our talented designers, generous sponsors, dedicated volunteers, hardworking event committee, and all who attended, donated, or voted for their favorite designs. Your creativity, generosity, and enthusiasm made this event an incredible success—and a beautiful celebration of community coming together to make homes complete.
Our Programs
Michael and His Son, 2024
Finally Home Program
greeNest's Finally Home Program is a unique local program that, for a small fee, provides household furnishings to individuals and families transitioning to sustainable housing.
We accept donations of gently used furnishings and household goods from individuals and organizations within Winston-Salem and the surrounding areas. Volunteers then sort, clean, and organize goods that the community has thoughtfully donated.
For a nominal fee, participants, accompanied by case managers from one of our partner agencies, will visit our showroom and choose the items that best suit their needs and preferences, thus providing dignity and prioritization skills.
greeNest has furnished over 2100 homes through our Finally Home Program since 2015!
Donate to Support the Finally Home Program
Franmarys, 2024
Up Off the Floor Program
greeNest's Up Off the Floor Program provides new beds for children in Forsyth County, from birth to 18 years old. Partner agency case managers identify children sleeping on the floor or who do not have a safe sleeping space. greeNest supplies portable cribs and twin beds with new pillows and bedding at no cost to the family.
To achieve this, greeNest purchases compressed, new-in-box mattresses and compact metal platform frames so families can easily transport the beds without a specialty vehicle. We offer different bed-in-a-bag options for children and their parents to select their favorite bedding.
Since 2016, greeNest has gotten nearly 3000 children Up Off the Floor and into their own beds!
We rely heavily on individual financial donations to keep this program running. Please consider giving to keep our children Up Off the Floor!
Donate to Support the Up Off the Floor Program
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Why We Are Here
After bouncing from shelter to shelter and living on the streets, many homeless families are left with little of their previous lives intact. If they are lucky, they have loved ones and a few of the bare essentials.
When finally offered affordable housing, the starkness of an empty house confronts them. With few personal belongings of their own, a house is just not a home. But with the cost of rent, utilities, food, and childcare, there is little, or no money left for furnishings. No family should have to lie down on a cold, hard floor.
By partnering with agencies in Forsyth County who have case management programs, greeNest strives to provide a vital link in the journey from homelessness to independent living.
What We Do
greeNest is a unique local program, that for a small fee, provides household furnishings to individuals and families transitioning to sustainable housing. Volunteers will sort, clean and organize furniture and household goods that have been donated by the community and tastefully stage a “showroom” from which participants will make selections.
Participants, accompanied by caseworkers from various partner agencies, will choose donated items that best suit their needs and preferences, thus providing dignity and prioritization skills. Participants then will become “owners,” not merely “recipients.”
How We Do It
Furniture Donors
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greeNest is supported by donations from individuals and businesses
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All donations are tax-deductible
Volunteers
greeNest relies on an army of volunteers, without which it could not operate. These volunteers contribute their time, ideas, heart, vision, and talents to evaluate, process, and prepare the donated items and create a warm showroom to welcome the clients greeNest is serving. It is a blessing and a privilege to serve the community in such a meaningful way.
Partnering Agencies
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A case manager from a Partnering Agency may request a shopping appointment from greeNest for a client that is being re-housed
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Using a “feather points” systems, the participant’s furnishing fee is calculated based on items needed
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Participants, along with their case managers, visit greeNest and select furnishings for their new home!