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How Local Business Philanthropy Works for You

It’s been said that a rising tide lifts all boats. At Urban Mattress, we choose to live by that philosophy with our focus on making local business philanthropy work for you and your community. Here’s how we do that, and why. How local stores, local sales staff, and local philanthropy go hand-in-glove We sell our…

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4 Ways You Can Help in Your Community

No matter where you live, there are likely things you love about your community and other things you wish were a little different. While one person may not be able to change the entire community alone, your efforts combine with the efforts of others around you can make a difference. If you are looking for…

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Giving to Local Charities: Why Every Little Bit Counts

The idea of local business philanthropy sounds good to many business owners. However, they don’t always make an effort to include it as one of their business practices. It’s just something that sounds theoretically good. However, this isn’t the case at Urban Mattress where we donate 2% of every sale to local charities. If you’re…

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The Importance Of Local Business Philanthropy

Giving back to your community is an important aspect of daily life. No matter where you live, there are always organizations that can benefit from your charitable donations to make a difference for those who need it. Local homeless shelters, food banks, or health charities are just some of the many organizations that rely the generosity of others…

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Why Does Urban Mattress Support Local Charities?

Lots of people drop spare change in the bell-ringer’s kettle in December, but how often do you think about charity the rest of the year? When you donate to charity, is it to a big, multi-national organization or to a local charity? At Urban Mattress, we support local charities and encourage others to do the…

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Get A Good Night’s Sleep While Helping Your Community

Supporting a local business is always a good feeling. But supporting one that makes a concerted effort to help your community is even better. When a business offers both, you’ll be able to come in and find the mattress of your dreams while feeling good with the knowledge that with your purchase, you are helping local…

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Local Business Philanthropy: Giving Beyond Yourself

One thing you should know about us is that we pride ourselves on our local business philanthropy. Because we operate as a franchise system, we give local entrepreneurs the opportunity to help and improve their community. By providing people with the ability to get a good night’s sleep on a brand new mattress at a…

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2015—Looking Ahead To Social Impact

A new year is here, a fresh start and a built-in time to reassess, take stock and set meaningful goals. We’re excited about 2015 for many reasons. First of all, our new stores are entering the year poised for success! (More about them to come later.) Second, each new year brings new opportunities for us…

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The Beauty of Business-Nonprofit Partnerships

It wasn’t too long ago that businesses and nonprofits held each other at arm’s length. Their mutual stereotypes held them apart: businesses were seen as self-centered entities that cared only for profit and nonprofits as dreamy, impractical do-gooders. But now, people are realizing that these stereotypes are far too limiting. Over recent years it’s become…

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Giving Back Locally

One of the best things about being in business, to us, is the opportunity to do something meaningful and sustainable with money. Part of that, of course, means feeding our families and providing livelihoods for our workers; it means taking good care of our customers and helping them sleep well without breaking the bank. It…

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