Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture In The Community

Raynham, MA, October 7, 2003 — Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture will host an educational outreach event for families on how to use the Internet safely at its new Raynham store on Saturday, October 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.  This event is being co-sponsored by FOX 25 television and I-Safe, a national Internet safety education foundation.

Bernie and Phyllis (Phyl) Rubin will be there in person to join with local political and law enforcement officials and FOX 25 personalities, including anchor Maria Stephanos, to teach parents and kids techniques for achieving a safer online experience.

For parents, there will be an education table with an interactive presentation and informational materials.  For children, student mentors will staff a booth to encourage other youth to become more familiar with Internet safety and to share this knowledge with their school and community.

“We are happy to have the space to host this worthwhile family event,” said Bernie Rubin, co-founder and president of Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture.  “The Internet offers many wonderful opportunities, as well as dangers, for parents and kids, and it’s important for families to learn how to stay safe.”

Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture is the largest independent furniture retailer in Massachusetts.  Based in Norton, MA, the company has six Massachusetts stores in Cambridge, Everett, Raynham (55,000 square foot superstore), Saugus (50,000 square foot superstore), Westboro (50,000 square foot superstore), and Weymouth, and one New Hampshire store in Nashua (86,000 square foot superstore).  Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture is among the top 100 furniture stores in the Unites States, according to Furniture/Today magazine.  The company was named the 2002 Retailer of the Year by the National Home Furnishings Association.

Newton, MA, October 2, 2003 — Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture, the largest privately owned furniture retailer in Massachusetts, today announced that it helped furnish the new Newton Wellness Center, which recently opened at 1039 Chestnut Street, Newton. Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture donated club chairs to the Center, which offers programs in a home-like setting to people with cancer, and to their family and friends.

Bernie & Phyl’s “Friends In Need” program donates furniture to many charitable organizations and homeless shelters across the state. The company regularly donates furniture to Goodwill and Teen Challenge New England and has given over $1,000,000 worth of furniture to these organizations since 2000. Additionally, the retailer has an ongoing relationship with Habitat for Humanity Boston and Nashua to help furnish all of the homes that they build.

“The Newton Wellness Center is doing very important work in the community to help cancer patients and their families cope with the many stresses they face,” said Bernie Rubin, co-founder and president of Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture. “We were happy to be able to help make the new center a warm, inviting and comfortable place.”