Operation BBQ Relief Assists Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Victims

Volunteers from nonprofit organization Operation BBQ Relief are on their way to West, Texas, to help the families in need and the first responders after an explosion at a fertilizer plant Wednesday left more than 160 people injured and as many as 15 people dead.

The group, headed by Stan Hays (County Line Smokers), Jeff . . . → Read More: Operation BBQ Relief Assists Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Victims

Helping Veterans with Purple Heart Homes

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Nonprofit organization Purple Heart Homes will take home some new cast aluminum furniture for two North Carolina veterans, courtesy of Three Coins Cast.

Purple Heart Homes was founded by Dale Beatty and John Gallina to provide personalized housing solutions for Service Connected Disabled Veterans and their families. The organization’s programs include helping disabled . . . → Read More: Helping Veterans with Purple Heart Homes

Asheville Ashley HomeStores Collect Coats for Needy

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Ashley Furniture HomeStores here and in Asheville, N.C., teamed up with local ABC-TV affiliate WLOS News 13, Eblen Charities and Two Men and a Truck last week for the Spring Clean Coat Drive.

Despite the cold and rainy weather, residents braved the elements to donate more than 5,000 coats that will be . . . → Read More: Asheville Ashley HomeStores Collect Coats for Needy

City Donates $10,000 to Habitat as New Ashley Store Opens

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City Furniture has donated $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Broward County, sharing proceeds from its newest Ashley Furniture HomeStore recently opened on North Federal Highway on a furniture row in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

More than 100 people gathered for a reception in the showroom April 4, where Keith Koenig, president of the . . . → Read More: City Donates $10,000 to Habitat as New Ashley Store Opens

Ashley Resolves Wetlands Issue at N.C. Furniture Factory Site

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Ashley Furniture Inds. has reportedly cleared an environmental hurdle that will allow it to move forward with a proposed expansion of its $80 million Davie County manufacturing and distribution facility.

The Winston-Salem Journal reported that the company received a temporary proffered permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on March 28 that . . . → Read More: Ashley Resolves Wetlands Issue at N.C. Furniture Factory Site