AHFA Furniture Foundation Awards Grants

June 16, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on June 2008 The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) Furniture Foundation has awarded more than $64,000 in grants for 2009 projects to benefit the furniture industry.

Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., received $24,000 to fund eight $3,000 scholarships. The scholarships will go to participants in a five-year program that combines curriculum from the Department of Technology’s Furniture Industry Studies and the Walker College of Business. In addition to an undergraduate degree in furniture manufacturing, students earn a marketing or management degree.

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., received $20,000 for the purchase two SolidWorks three-dimensional mechanical computer-aided-design software packages.

Finally, a $20,150 grant was awarded to the American Furniture Hall of Fame to preserve previously recorded and transcribed oral interviews from industry leaders. The interviews presently are recorded on fragile, aging cassette tapes. The grant allows the Hall of Fame to convert these to digital recordings.

The AHFA Furniture Foundation was established in 1948 to support research and educational programs aimed at improving management, manufacturing and marketing within the residential furniture industry. Since 1990, the Foundation has distributed more than $3 million in scholarships and grants.

Individuals or companies wishing to donate to the Furniture Foundation should contact Andy Counts at (336) 884-5000, ext. 115; or by e-mail to acounts@ahfa.us