HIGH POINT — The American Home Furnishings Alliance Furniture Foundation has awarded $49,000 in grants for 2020 to support furniture industry training programs.
The 2020 grants include:
- $15,000 for 60 student scholarships to the Alexander Furniture Academy in Taylorsville, N.C., part of Catawba Valley Community College. The Alexander County academy, launched in 2016, offers sewing and upholstery classes in a simulated factory setting developed in collaboration with local manufacturers. The 24-week program is taught by expert sewing and upholstery workers from nearby companies, including AHFA members Craftmaster, Hancock & Moore, Huntington House, Kincaid/La-Z-Boy and Taylor King. The academy has placed 100% of its 118 graduates to date.
- $7,000 in scholarships to the Catawba Valley Furniture Academy developed in 2014 in Hickory, N.C. The academy offers “stackable” credentials in seven areas, including automated cutting, manual cutting, pattern-making, sewing, inside upholstery, outside upholstery and spring-up assembly. The academy has placed 100% of its 270 certified students to date and is supported by more than 30 furniture industry partners.
- $15,000 for 82 student scholarships to the Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute’s Furniture Technology Institute in Hudson, N.C. CCC&TI trains workers for careers as industrial sewing machine operators and upholsterers. AHFA members McCreary Modern and Fairfield Chair are among the manufacturing supporters of this program.
- $12,000 to Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., to continue the school’s scholarship program for furniture design students. The grant will once again fund four $3,000 scholarships. The foundation has supported ASU’s furniture design program since 2002.
The AHFA Furniture Foundation accepts grant proposals in March each year. The foundation board reviews all proposals and makes the final funding decisions.
The Furniture Foundation was established in 1948 to fund research and educational initiatives aimed at improving management, manufacturing and marketing within the home furnishings industry. Since 1990, it has distributed more than $4.2 million.
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