Ashley Furniture and the Memphis Tigers Football Team recently hosted a Hope to Dream event, giving a new bed set to 100 children in the Memphis area.Ashley Furniture and the Memphis Tigers Football Team recently hosted a Hope to Dream event, giving a new bed set to 100 children in the Memphis area. Each bed set included a twin mattress set, pillow, sheets and comforter. The receiving children were selected through Ashley’s Hope to Dream program and local community partners in Memphis.
The event was held at the Billy J Murphy Athletic Complex on the University of Memphis Campus. Representatives from the Memphis Tigers and Ashley executives spoke at the event. The event included engaging activities such as fun football drills, a facility tour, photo booth, food, and gift bags for each of the children provided by Ashley and the Memphis Tigers.
Chad Spencer, President of the Dufresne Spencer Group, the largest licensee of Ashley HomeStores, is passionate about this program and is excited to bring this event back to Memphis for the 4th consecutive year. “We can have the greatest product at the best price, but if we don’t serve the guest and give back to the community that supports us, we are spiritually bankrupt as a company. That’s why events like this and Hope to Dream are so important to us at Ashley,” says Spencer.
Hope to Dream is an initiative started by Ashley Furniture in 2010 to provide beds to children in the community who do not have one to call their own. A portion of all mattress sales goes toward supporting the Hope to Dream program. Since its inception, more than 50,000 children have received a brand-new bed.
