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Giving Thanks
In a Thanksgiving spirit, we are thankful for the many donors who always keep the MFTA Nation in mind. Special thanks to October and early November donors who made our warehouse look like a treasure chest: Metalliferous, one of the … Continue reading
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A new vantage point on vintage clothing
Just a few blocks away from our warehouse, on a dead-end street, inside a non-descript building, is home of Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing LLC (HUVC). Helen Uffner, the unassuming, affable and good-humored owner of one of the largest (and most … Continue reading
Back to school is Poppin at MFTA
Thanks to Poppin, we have a huge donation of pens, markers, and tape dispensers – they are a welcome, bright addition to any MFTA recipient’s desk! We have more back-to-school donations featured on our Facebook page!
Posted in Education Center, Warehouse Updates
Tagged back to school, donations, markers, MFTA, NYC, pens, Poppin, schools, students, tape, teachers
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The MFTA Nation
We are always interested in how our donors find out about us and the MFTA Nation really does have less than ‘six degrees of separation’. We’d like to welcome on board a new donor – Irena Peer– a fabric designer. Irena … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Spotlight, Events, News, Recipient Spotlight, Warehouse Updates
Tagged Carnegie Fabrics, creative reuse, MFTA donor, sustainability
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Macy’s and MFTA: Partners in time
This Tuesday we opened up our warehouse to 17 college interns from Macy’s, as a part of their Intern Give Back Day. The day is part of Macy’s Partners in Time program, which coordinates year-round volunteering opportunities for the company’s … Continue reading
Posted in Volunteer Spotlight, Warehouse Updates
Tagged books, community service, fabric, Intern Give Back Day, interns, Macy's, paint, paper, Partners in Time, volunteer event, volunteers, warehouse
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What’s new with Jason Wu
If you have visited the MFTA warehouse in the last two years, you may have seen this fabulous mannequin that was part of the Fashion Center BID’s 2010 Sidewalk Catwalk event. The mannequin’s dress was designed by Jason Wu with materials … Continue reading
Posted in DIY Projects, Donor Spotlight, Events, Group Visits, News, Warehouse Updates
Tagged creative reuse, designer, fashion, Jason Wu, Michelle Obama, Sidewalk Catwalk, Target
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What do coffee filters and tie-dye have in common?
Quietly nestled between fabulous boxes of M&J trim, bins of jewel cases and stacks of old slide carousels, are piles of coffee filters that have found their way to our LIC warehouse. Soft and airy, their symmetry and translucency makes … Continue reading
Thank you, June donors!
At MFTA, donations make our world go round! We received (literally) tons of donations this month. Here are just a few of the generous donors who gave us all kinds of great items in June: We are glad that Patricia … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Spotlight, Warehouse Updates
Tagged Advanstar, Akin Gump, available donation, Bruce Telaky, computers, Conde Nast, David Beahm Design, donations, donor, donor spotlight, fabric, felt, frames, framing supplies, Frick Collection, furniture, Google, Guggenheim Museum, Housing Works Bookstore, lighting, Marc Jacobs, Mi Kitchen es su Kitchen, office supplies, paper, PMD Promotions, posters, props, Rhonda Feinman Custom Frames, The Entrepreneur's Space, trash cans, Vanity Fair, Victoria's Secret, vinyl records, Whitney Museum of American Art
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MFTA hosts SASF’s student art
If you’ve shopped at MFTA in the last month, you may have noticed some new art near the check-in counter and in the video room. This summer MFTA is lending our Education Gallery to student artists from the Visual ARTS initiative … Continue reading
…And All That Jazz
MFTA has received pallets upon pallets of vinyl records! Classical, jazz, rock, pop, opera and more. This generous donation made by Housing Works, is a wonderful example of the way objects are passed along from hand to home, home to store, … Continue reading
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Materials for the Arts 