12.11.2006 - 06:40pm ET

(CSRwire) DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2006--Denver Mattress Company
has donated a combined total of $5,600 to the Little Rock Compassion Center and the Samaritan Community Center this holiday season.

The donations were raised from an in-store charity campaign.

Additional funds were raised through a secondary campaign underwritten by Denver Mattress Company. This campaign, supported by newspaper and television advertising, was created to solicit individual contributions for the Missions.

The following contains comments from the Missions' directors regarding how the donation will positively affect their operations.

"We wish to thank Denver Mattress for their compassion and caring for the less fortunate. The gift we received from Denver Mattress will help to provide the services we offer including 150,000 prepared meals a year, 10,000 beds provided, and a very successful Christian Recovery Program which runs about 40 men at any given time. All our services are at no cost."

Rev. William Holloway
Executive Director
Little Rock Compassion Center, Inc.

"On behalf of the staff, volunteers and clients of the Samaritan Community Center, we want to thank the Denver Mattress Company for its ongoing support of the Samaritan Community Center. The holiday awareness campaign sponsored by Denver Mattress Company has been a tremendous opportunity to remind the Northwest Arkansas community that poverty and homelessness does exist right here in our backyard," said Debbie Rambo, Executive Director for the Samaritan Community Center. "The generous donation from the company in addition to the many contributions we have received from individuals throughout the community in response to this awareness campaign will help fund the operations of our soup kitchen which feeds thousands of people each year. We are very thankful for the support of Denver Mattress Company and its associates."

Debbie Rambo
Executive Director
Samaritan Community Center

Denver Mattress Company is a division of Furniture Row Companies, one of America's largest family-owned furniture retailers in the country. With two of the busiest, state-of-the-art mattress factories in the world, Denver Mattress services over 140 distribution locations across the country. Denver Mattress Company and Furniture Row Companies are committed to aiding communities throughout the U.S. and the world. For more information regarding Denver Mattress Company or Furniture Row Companies, visit www.furniturerow.com.


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