Business Briefs: SCF Foundation and Ashley Furniture

SCF Foundation honors benefactors 

SCF Foundation benefactors Beverly Beall and Kemp Riechmann were honored with the Leadership Spirit Award at the Manatee Awards March 4. 

SCF Foundation Executive Director Cassandra Holmes nominated Beall and Riechmann for their financial support of SCF students through the Beverly Beall and R. Kemp Riechmann Foundation. The foundation began in 1997 to give college scholarships to needy but capable students.

Ashley Furniture store donates beds to local family

Ashley Furniture HomeStore helped give the gift of a good night’s rest to one Sarasota family. Amber Gurrola and her four children, ages 11 to 17, have struggled with homelessness for more than 10 years. Through help from Family Promise Sarasota, the Gurrola family has been able to establish stable housing. To help the family move into their new home, Ashely Furniture HomeStore donated beds as part of the “A Hope to Dream” program, which provides mattress sets to less-fortunate children.

A portion of the proceeds for every mattress purchased at a participating location helps pay for a mattress set for a child in need.  To date, Ashley Furniture HomeStores have provided underprivileged children with approximately 13,000 beds.

Ashley Furniture HomeStore will open a new store in Sarasota at 10 a.m. Friday, at 4650 S. Tamiami Trial. The Gurrola family will attend the grand opening.