Bob's Discount Furniture, Planned Furniture Promotions Raise $250K

August 16, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on August 17, 2010

The 2010 Bob's Discount Furniture Golf Outing raised more than $250,000 for charity earlier this month.

Bob's Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation Inc., Manchester, Conn., and Planned Furniture Promotions staged the annual event.

This year's beneficiaries include the American Cancer Society's Camp Rising Sun, Family & Children's Aid, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Jimmy Fund and the American Red Cross. Prior years' events have supported organizations including Nutmeg Big Brothers/Big Sisters, March of Dimes and the Salvation Army.
 
"People who make their livings in the furniture industry continually rise to the occasion in terms of giving," says Bob Kaufman, president of Bob's Discount Furniture. "We all know that business conditions are tough for many in the industry this summer, but the number of colleagues and companies that stepped up to contribute to this annual event was truly incredible. More than $170,000 in checks were distributed to the charities at the gala in just one evening."
 
Given that Planned Furniture Promotions Owner, Gene Rosenberg is one of the founders of Bob€™s Furniture, the Annual Golf Outing is also a favorite charity for Rosenberg and the entire PFP team.

"While we work hard behind the scenes every year in preparation for this annual event, it would never be this successful without the support of all of our colleagues in the industry," said Tom Liddell, vice president, sales and marketing, Planned Furniture Promotions.  
 
This year, 214 golfers participated in the special event at The Tunxis Plantation Country Club, and more than 350 people attended the gala dinner, silent and live auction and award ceremony that followed at the Farmington Club. During the dinner, a young camper from Camp Rising Sun, a camp for children who have been diagnosed with cancer, spoke about the impact the participants' generous donations have had on her life, as well as those of other children who would be otherwise unable to attend the Camp.
 
In addition to the charities that benefited, other big winners of the day included local television representatives Chris LaCamera and Aaron Thomas, who led their foursome to win the Golf tournament. Special recognition went to Brandon Beck of Planned Furniture Promotions who scored a hole in one, the first in the tournament's 23-year history.