'Queer Eye' Home Collection to Furnish Spaces for LGBTQ+ Homeless Youth'Queer Eye' Home Collection to Furnish Spaces for LGBTQ+ Homeless Youth
"Queer Eye" and Dorel Home will donate $10,000 from June furniture sales to The Ali Forney Center.
June 15, 2022
The "Queer Eye" Home Collection and its manufacturing partner, Dorel Home, will donate in support of The Ali Forney Center in honor of Pride Month for the second year in a row.
"Queer Eye" and Dorel Home will pledge $10,000 from sales of the Queer Eye Home Collection to The Ali Forney Center until the end of June. The company will also donate "Queer Eye" furniture to The Ali Forney Center housing centers in New York City and around the U.S. to help create safe, comfortable and inclusive spaces.
"We're proud to be once again partnering with The Ali Forney Center in honor of Pride Month and to be shining a light on its mission of safeguarding LGBTQ+ youth," says Claudia Grundman, vice president, global brand partnerships, Dorel Home. "The last two years have limited access even further to secure housing options for at-risk LGBTQ+ populations, so it's an especially critical time for us to get involved. We continue to be inspired by the work of The AFC and are beyond grateful for their leadership in our community."
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As one of the largest agencies in the U.S. dedicated to LGBTQ+ homeless youth, The Ali Forney Center helps more than 2,000 people and distributes more than 70,000 meals each year.
"We are humbled and grateful to have this ongoing support from 'Queer Eye' Home collection," says Alex Roque, president, executive director, Ali Forney Center. "'Queer Eye' supports us in affirming for LGBTQ youths who have been rejected by their families that they are cared for and worthy of love. 'Queer Eye's' commitment to the LGBTQ community is helping to provide vital services and care including housing, meals, HIV testing, healthcare, and much more. This pride season, and always, we celebrate and appreciate' Queer Eye' for their allyship and pledge to a better world for all LGBTQ people."
"The Ali Forney Center does tremendous and important work for LGBTQ+ youth, and we are honored to help with their mission to keep them safe," says Joel Chiodi, senior vice president, strategic development, Scout Productions, creators and producers of "Queer Eye."
Now on the cusp of celebrating its second year, the Queer Eye Home Collection is available exclusively at Walmart.com.
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