How did Luv-A-Rug's Warm Rugs For Cold Homes Charity Start?
In early 2017, I received a phone call with a desperate plea for help. The voice on the other said, “Dusty, a Syrian refugee family with 6 children desperately need rugs to cover the cold concrete floor of the basement suite they are living in - can you help?” Of course I didn’t have to think twice about it - I had several rugs in my shop I was more than happy to give away.
That was when the idea of struck me to set up an annual charity event where I would collect all unwanted area rugs from all over Vancouver Island and clean them for free so charities can use them to sell and raise much needed funds.
We are now into the 4th year of our “Warm Rugs For Cold Homes” event and have set a goal of collecting 200 area rugs. So if you have an area rug you no longer want - please bring it to us here at Luv-A-Rug so we can give your rug a 2nd life in a home of another loving family. And for each rug you donate, we will give you up to $50 credit towards the cleaning of an area rug you have in your home!
Date of the event
Jan 15-2021 - Feb 15/2021
Location
- Tuesday to Friday 6am to 1:30pm
- Saturday 8am to 3:30pm
What To Bring
Any used or unwanted area rug of any size in good condition. Luv-A-Rug will pay to have your rug cleaned, make any minor repairs and then donate it a charity so they can use it to raise funds..
What you will get in return for your donation
For your area rug donation Luv-A-Rug will give you up to $50 credit towards the cleaning of your own rug (which is like getting a 5x8 synthetic rug cleaned for free!)
The partial list of charities who will accept your area rug donation
The goal of this event
To find, clean and donate as many good rugs as possible so charities can sell them to generate much needed funds.
Our goal is to collect 200 rugs during the event but the more rugs we can donate, the more these charities can help people in our community who are in desperate need.
