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Single Mother Of Six At North 25 Housing Receives New Furniture From The JAHMA/AFR In Time Of Need Program

American Furniture Rental (AFR) in association with the New Jersey Affordable Housing Management Association (JAHMA) Foundation is proud to announce the recent installation of furniture as part of its IN TIME OF NEED furniture distribution program. On Tuesday, April 7, 2009, AFR installed furniture in the apartment of Ms Roxanne Burke living at the North 25 Housing in Trenton, New Jersey. North 25 Housing is managed by Community Realty Management of Pleasantville, New Jersey. Ms Burke received new furniture for the living room and bedrooms. The JAHMA Foundation and AFR would like to thank Edith Laramore, Resident Services Coordinator at North 25 Housing, for recommending this worthy resident and facilitating the installation.

The IN TIME OF NEED Furniture program has now completed 13 such furniture installations. The furniture has combined retail value in excess of $115,000 that has been donated to low-income families living in affordable housing sites since May of 2006. Site personnel at any JAHMA “affiliated property” can submit an application on behalf of a needy resident/family that is in need of furniture. The furniture program is one of two major ongoing activities of the JAHMA Foundation; the other being a scholarship program to which residents of JAHMA affiliated properties are eligible to apply. The JAHMA Foundation is sincerely and deeply appreciative of the opportunity to be partnered with a high quality company like AFR. AFR Furniture Rental, a New Jersey based company founded in 1975 is the nation’s third largest rental provider of residential, office, home staging and special events furniture. AFR services the eastern United States from southern Maine through northern South Carolina with nine strategically located offices and warehouse distribution centers along the I-95 corridor.

This joint venture between AFR and the JAHMA Foundation exemplifies the continuing commitment of the Foundation to provide meaningful assistance to needy residents at JAHMA affiliated properties. Without a doubt one of the more compelling aspects of the furniture installation was the emotionally moving reaction of Ms Burke. Among the many dignitaries in attendance at the installation were: J. Kenneth Pagano, President of the JAHMA Foundation; Frank McCall, General Manager of AFR; Tom Miller, AFR Regional Retail Sales Manager; Paul Maluk, AFR Retail Sales Manager; Connie Loukatos, Director of the Departments of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Philadelphia Multi-Family Housing Center; and Robert Sasso, Director of Property Management for New Jersey Housing Mortgage and Finance Agency.

Anyone wishing to learn more about the IN TIME OF NEED program can access the JAHMA website www.jahma.org and click on the IN TIME OF NEED icon or they can contact Dr. Bruce W. Johnson, the program administrator, at 215-262-4230.



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