Sofa Shuffle
The Sofa Shuffle, the University of Virginia’s Off-Grounds Furniture Donation Drive, encourages departing U.Va. students to donate their unwanted furniture and household items in support of Charlottesville area nonprofit organizations and residents.
For the 2008 event, U.Va.’s Community Relations Office is partnering with the Office of Off-Grounds Housing, the Blue Ridge Apartment Council, and the Salvation Army to expand options for students. Five donation sites have been selected for this year's event. They are:
780 Madison Avenue
516 Brandon Avenue
Jefferson Park Avenue at Maywood Lane
14th Street at Camden Plaza
University Circle at Rugby and Raleigh Court Apartments
The 2008 Sofa Shuffle takes place on Saturday, May 10, Monday, May 19, Saturday, May 24, and Saturday, May 31 from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. each collection day.
For more information, please contact Sadie Simmons, event organizer, at 924-3165 or scs6k@virginia.edu.
To view the 2008 Sofa Shuffle PSA running on CBS-19, click here.
The 2007 Sofa Shuffle
On Saturday, May 19, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., truckloads of donated furniture were given away to community members, free of charge.
U.Va.’s Offices of Community Relations and Off-Grounds Housing hosted the first ever Sofa Shuffle to encourage departing U.Va. students to donate their unwanted furniture in support of Charlottesville area nonprofit organizations and residents. More than 200 community members claimed items on Saturday. Donated items included sofas, chairs, tables, lamps and clothes. Canned food was also collected in support of the emergency food bank.
Longer-term neighborhood residents have expressed concern about the amount of usable furniture and other household goods departing students discard in dumpsters or leave on the curbside. The Sofa Shuffle works to address this issue by making it easier for students to donate items.
Partners in the 2007 Sofa Shuffle included the City of Charlottesville, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, The Salvation Army, Management Services Corporation and Woodard Properties.
Planning for the 2008 Sofa Shuffle has already begun.
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