Bridging

If you want bedbugs and damaged furniture after paying $200 for delivery, go for it. The delivery team was incompetent and disrespectful.

The communication is non-existent. I tried emailing and calling multiple times about an issue with a donation and never received a response. Once they get your money online don't look for anything else from Bridging.

My company has given me the opportunity to volunteer here a couple of times. The first time we sponsored them with a dresser build where we bought several dresser kits and built them onsite for people that are looking for a dresser. This time it was helping by grabbing the requested items for orders and get them on the truck for delivery while others rolled up donated blankets and other bedding for people in need. There was also a lot of show piled up on some semi trailers that was caving in the roof of the trailer. We helped pull the wet snow down to keep more damage from happening. I felt that we had a very productive day. I got over 10,000 steps running around there trying to help out as much as we could. Fran the founder, was there, even though he is now in his nineties, what a nice man. I am glad to have met him. I took many photos of things around the office and handouts that explain how others can help either with a group or solo. Please look into helping these guys out if you can. Your heart will be full because of it.

First volunteering event with Surly Gives a Damn for 2018! Woooooo. Bridging does great work for the community with helping families to get a basic furniture for their house. During the introductions they talked about how 200+ people use their service. So they plenty of help and donations especially during this winter time. You are able to help out an individual or a group. When I volunteered with Bridging after signing in, we were let into the warehouse. So the groups goal was to building 57 dressers. So their were people who were able to make the dresser super quick and those whose first time took an hour or so to make one. They make it very simple and they are nice to ask for help. Our group was 50 people deep and we were able to do 71 dressers. They also have a really cool annual event called The Bedrace. Where you get the race with a covered bed mattress down a hill which the proceeds go back to the organization. Great group, good cause, and good people to volunteer with! :)

Provides such a needed service to those working to get back on their feet. The power of a helping hand cannot be denied. Thank you for what you do!

I am so happy to have received help from bridging. I got a lot of beautiful stuff when I had nothing! I did a video visit on google meets and got to see my options! The gals there are so helpful and I am overly satisfied with the stuff I got! Thankyou thankyou

I rarely leave a bad review but don't bother even trying to bring things here. I read their website carefully to find a home for a like new children's trundle bed - the website said they took beds but not headboards or frames. They only had a recording on the phone. After driving an hour, we arrived an they said they didn't take trundle beds. We offered to give them only top half as a regular bed. Then they decided they didn't take any metal beds. We pointed out their website contradicted that. They complained that they had been complaining to corporate for years to change the website. Clearly the organization has communication issues.They have not only gotten a rotten yelp, but we are giving up donating anything at all ever again. Everyone's loss.

I have donated to Bridging for several years and never had any problem, but this year I have tried on 4 separate occasions to donate perfectly good furniture items, only to have them rejected. It is a waste of my time and a waste of resources that others could use. I will no longer work with this charity.

Bridging was hard to work with and they wouldn't take all of the stuff. They are expensive. Use someone else they are free and much easier to work with!

I have donated items to Bridging before and I believe in their work in the community. When my aunt died in assisted living, my sister and I went out of our way to pay for movers to bring her furniture to Bridging. They accepted everything except a couple of chairs. The worker thought he detected some pet hair on one of the chairs. I told him my aunt had a dog who died probably 20 years ago and the chairs were professionally cleaned 4 years ago, but he still wouldn't accept them. This really left me in the lurch. Thank God for Justin from Matt's Moving. He said he would take the chairs to Goodwill at no extra charge. I don't know what I would have done without his kindness. I still believe in Bridging's mission but I'm not sure I would take a chance like this again.