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Save the Date: 13-19 August 2023 for the 19th Annual Furniture Give-Away (FGA).

International Furniture Give-Away for New Indiana University International Students, Scholars, and Families of all national and religious backgrounds

Schedule a Furniture Pickup
Schedule a Furniture PickupDonation will open in April 2023
Serving Saturdays
Serving SaturdaysSlots Volunteer will open early April
Volunteer for FGA Week
Volunteer for FGA WeekSlots open June 2023

Last Year's Highlights

392

Total International Students Served

33

Countries Represented

361

Total Volunteers

1300

Pieces of furniture donated

God blessed us with another beautiful week for serving. 392 new IU International students served plus 75- 100 more when truck loads of additional items were taken to Fountain Park for wait-list students to choose from. Students came from from 33 countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Finland, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea South, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Tanzania

We had 361 volunteers over 528 slots for a ratio of about 1.5 slots/person. The number of volunteers was just shy of pre-covid 2019 where we had 374 volunteers.

Thanks to our generous Sponsors

A big thanks to awesome volunteers from multiple organizations, many donors, and our host, SOCC that made this possible serving students with furniture, household goods, food and information. Special thanks to Chick-fil-A, Gables Bagels, Jimmy Johns, and Pizza X for their donations serving students and volunteers.

Making a global difference..one couch at a time

To continue ministering to the International students we served this year and others, check out the Volunteer Interest form. Please pray for the students, volunteers and community impacted by our efforts!

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