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AHFA foundation awards $64,000 in grants

Will benefit two N.C. universities, Hall of Fame

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, June 17, 2008

HIGH POINT — Two North Carolina universities and the American Furniture Hall of Fame will receive more than $64,000 in grants from the American Home Furnishings Alliance Furniture Foundation for 2009 projects to benefit the furniture industry.

Appalachian State University will receive $24,000 to fund eight $3,000 scholarships. They will go to participants in a five-year program that combines curriculum from the Department of Technology’s Furniture Industry Studies and the Walker College of Business. In addition to an undergraduate degree in furniture manufacturing, students earn a marketing or management degree.

The Foundation also awarded $20,000 to North Carolina State University to purchase two SolidWorks 3D mechanical CAD software packages.

Finally, a $20,150 grant was awarded to the Hall of Fame to preserve previously recorded and transcribed oral interviews from industry leaders. The interviews presently are recorded on fragile, aging cassette tapes, and the grant will allow them to be converted to digital recordings.

The Foundation was established in 1948 to support research and educational programs aimed at improving management, manufacturing and marketing in the industry. Since 1990, it has distributed more than $3 million in scholarships and grants.

Individuals or companies wishing to donate to the Furniture Foundation should contact the AHFA’s Andy Counts at (336) 884-5000, ext. 115, or acounts@ahfa.us.

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