MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) – An annual event that gives people a chance to donate or pick up free used furniture is returning to Manhattan later this month.
This year’s Furniture Amnesty Day event will take place on Friday, July 24, in the A2 Parking lot on the southeast corner of the Kansas State University campus.
The parking lot is located near the Beach Art Museum at the intersection of Manhattan and Anderson avenues.
This year’s Furniture Amnesty Day event will take place on Friday, July 24, in Manhattan.(Submitted)
Furniture Amnesty Day is described as a free community event that gives people the opportunity to donate or pick up used furniture at no cost. Anyone can participate. There are no income requirements or forms to fill out to choose from the donated items.
Registration for furniture shopping begins in person at 8 a.m. in the A2 parking lot on July 24.
Free shopping will be scheduled in 15-minute time slots from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Furniture Amnesty Day participants can return at their scheduled time and take home up to five furniture items at no cost.
Items in a set, such as a table and chairs, only count as one item. No additional paperwork is needed.
Furniture will continue to be gathered and dropped off throughout the day, so there will always be a fresh selection of goods available, organizers say.
Shoppers must be able to haul away any furniture they select. Delivery service is not available.
“Furniture Amnesty Day is a great way for Manhattan residents to help their neighbors by donating household furniture they no longer need.” said Justin Befort, Plans Examiner I in Risk Reduction for the Manhattan Fire Department. “It also helps keep reusable items out of the landfill and gives people an easy, organized way to clean up their properties and improve the look of their neighborhoods. It is a valuable community service that promotes cleanliness, safety, and civic pride throughout the city.”
Furniture can be donated in two ways.
Residents within the Manhattan city limits can sign up online by 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, to have volunteers pick up their donated furniture at the curbside of their residence.
All items for donation pickup need to be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. Friday, July 24. Volunteers will not enter homes or private property to pick up donations.
Donations also can be dropped off at the A2 parking lot on the Kansas State campus from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 24.
Volunteers are available to pick up furniture donations at the curb for anyone living within Manhattan city limits.
Volunteers only will pick up a maximum of five furniture items per location. Again, furniture sets such as a table and chairs still count as only one item.
To register for pickup service, sign up online at manhattanks.gov/furniture or call the Manhattan City Manager’s Office at (785) 587-2404 during regular business hours.
The deadline to register for pickup service is 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 22.
Acceptable donations include sofas; couches; desks; recliners; dressers; headboards; chairs; entertainment centers; and end, coffee, and kitchen tables.
Items that will not be accepted include mattresses, dishwashers, pianos, grills, refrigerators, washers, dryers, televisions, monitors, computers, lamps, or other electronics.
“Generally, we don’t accept anything that needs to be plugged in,” Courtright noted.
Any furniture left unclaimed at 4 p.m. on the day of the event will be open to the general public without registration.
At 4:30 p.m., the event will end. Any remaining pieces will be hauled away by staff and volunteers.
If weather prevents the event from taking place on July 24, it will be rescheduled for July 31.
Anyone interested in helping should fill out a volunteer form here. Volunteers can decide which three-hour shift works best with their schedule. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Manhattan’s annual Furniture Amnesty Day is hosted by the City of Manhattan, the Staley School of Leadership Studies at K-State, HandsOn K-State, and Konza United Way.
For more information, please visit manhattanks.gov/furniture.
More information about the City can be found online at www.manhattanks.gov, or following the City on Facebook @cityofmanhattan or X/Twitter @cityofmhk.
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