{"id":1919,"date":"2025-12-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:48:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:48:40","slug":"celebrating-15-years-of-dreams-hope-to-dream-donates-nearly-13500-beds-with-the-support-of-ashley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/news\/2025\/celebrating-15-years-of-dreams-hope-to-dream-donates-nearly-13500-beds-with-the-support-of-ashley\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 15 Years of Dreams: Hope to Dream Donates\u00a0Nearly 13,500\u00a0Beds with the Support of Ashley\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>TAMPA, Fla.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;In 2025,&nbsp;Hope to Dream, a non-profit organization,&nbsp;celebrated&nbsp;15 years of providing children in need with&nbsp;their very own bed.&nbsp;Throughout the milestone year,&nbsp;nearly 13,500&nbsp;children&nbsp;received&nbsp;bed sets&nbsp;from&nbsp;Hope to Dream, complete with a&nbsp;twin&nbsp;mattress, bed frame,&nbsp;bedding&nbsp;and pillow.&nbsp;Since&nbsp;inception, the organization has donated more than 190,000 beds across the U.S. and Canada.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rooted in the belief that every child deserves a bed to call their own, Hope to Dream works alongside Ashley and community partners to turn its mission into reality.&nbsp;Recipients are selected through a nomination process in collaboration with school districts and local charitable organizations.&nbsp;This year&nbsp;alone, the organization&nbsp;partnered&nbsp;with 14 charities&nbsp;across the country&nbsp;to&nbsp;identify&nbsp;and deliver beds to the&nbsp;children facing the greatest need.&nbsp;In addition,&nbsp;each&nbsp;mattress&nbsp;purchased&nbsp;at over 725 participating Ashley stores in the U.S. and Canada helps fulfill the mission to provide every child with a good night&#8217;s sleep.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The year was marked with impactful moments, including&nbsp;a&nbsp;record-breaking&nbsp;Swing for Sleep&nbsp;fundraising event,&nbsp;which fully&nbsp;funded&nbsp;600 complete beds sets for children.&nbsp;Additionally,&nbsp;the organization&nbsp;introduced the&nbsp;program at&nbsp;Ashley&nbsp;stores&nbsp;in&nbsp;Hawaii and&nbsp;committed&nbsp;a donation of&nbsp;95 beds in the organization&#8217;s newest community.&nbsp;Donation&nbsp;events brought&nbsp;local&nbsp;communities&nbsp;together, including&nbsp;an inspiring bed reveal at the U.S. Space &amp; Rocket&nbsp;Center&nbsp;in Alabama&nbsp;and a&nbsp;surprise&nbsp;community event in Mississippi&nbsp;with the Boys &amp; Girls Club&nbsp;of North Mississippi.&nbsp;In&nbsp;response to the&nbsp;devastating natural disasters in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/news\/2025\/03-31-2025furnitureretailerashleyandhopetodreamdonatebedstochildreninlosangeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/news\/2025\/ashley-delivers-comprehensive-relief-initiative-for-texas-flood-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas<\/a>, Hope to Dream&nbsp;donated&nbsp;400&nbsp;bed sets&nbsp;to&nbsp;children&nbsp;impacted,&nbsp;helping&nbsp;provide&nbsp;comfort and hope&nbsp;in their greatest time of need.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how to explain to you the joy and all the emotion that comes forth in seeing how the kids are responding to having a new bed of their own and how humbled the parents are by this process,&#8221; stated Zell Long, CEO, Boys &amp; Girls Club of North Mississippi. \u201cWe just want to say thank you Ashley and Hope to Dream for&nbsp;making dreams come true for the kids that we serve.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Hope to Dream looks toward the future, the organization&nbsp;remains&nbsp;committed to its founding mission: ensuring every child has a good night&#8217;s sleep and a bed to call their own.&nbsp;To learn more about the program and to nominate a child in need, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahopetodream.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.ahopetodream.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8212;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hope to Dream&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;Hope to Dream believes that every child deserves a good night\u2019s sleep. Founded in 2010 on that guiding principle, the Hope to Dream organization provides&nbsp;beds to children in need across the U.S. and Canada. Every mattress&nbsp;purchased&nbsp;from a participating Ashley retail location helps Hope to Dream fulfill&nbsp;its mission to provide every child with a good night\u2019s sleep. Since&nbsp;inception, more than 190,000 children have received a brand-new bed. Those wishing to nominate a child can visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahopetodream.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.Ahopetodream.com<\/a>&nbsp;or visit a local Ashley store for more information.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p># # #&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla.&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;In 2025,&nbsp;Hope to Dream, a non-profit organization,&nbsp;celebrated&nbsp;15 years of providing children in need with&nbsp;their very own bed.&nbsp;Throughout the milestone year,&nbsp;nearly 13,500&nbsp;children&nbsp;received&nbsp;bed sets&nbsp;from&nbsp;Hope to Dream, complete with a&nbsp;twin&nbsp;mattress, bed frame,&nbsp;bedding&nbsp;and pillow.&nbsp;Since&nbsp;inception, the organization has donated more than 190,000 beds across the U.S. and Canada.&nbsp; Rooted in the belief that every child deserves a bed to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2025-12","category-5"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":70,"label":"12 - December"},{"value":5,"label":"2025"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/900x360HopetoDream_2025.jpg?w=900",900,360,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Betsy Ottman","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/author\/eottman\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":70,"name":"12 - December","slug":"2025-12","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":70,"taxonomy":"category","description":"2025-12 News","parent":5,"count":5,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":70,"category_count":5,"category_description":"2025-12 News","cat_name":"12 - December","category_nicename":"2025-12","category_parent":5},{"term_id":5,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"2025 News","parent":7,"count":51,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":51,"category_description":"2025 News","cat_name":"2025","category_nicename":"2025","category_parent":7}],"tag_info":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/900x360HopetoDream_2025.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashleyfurnitureindustriesllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}