Freshwater Furniture Depot 12 8th Street East, Waconia, MN 55387

"Staff is always friendly, prices are excellent and are going for a good cause. The place is always packed with great finds and nice furniture. Inventory is always changing so go back often. The only thing you'll leave needing is a bigger house."

"Working two jobs, I wanted to hold on to my furniture donation until I could bring it to the Freshwater Furniture Depot. Finally finding a small window of time around noon on a Saturday to bring in my items, I arrived and asked of the people in the receiving area what to do since I had never been there before. The woman who answered me was upset, telling me this was their busiest time of day and that I was making things difficult for them. I said this was the only time I could come in the last few months because I work a lot. She went on to explain there is very little space and I would have a hard time bringing my items in. An older gentleman then said they would open the big garage door and he would help me. He too seemed annoyed with my presence and how haphazard the processes are there. The whole thing left me feeling bad. I had been telling people, as I do assist in running a free items site where I work, about Freshwater's low and no cost furniture. But I don't feel good about doing that anymore. I don't want my families to experience the kind of interaction I did. Maybe Freshwater can plan ahead and partner with other community organizations to remedy this problem of too many donations for their space. It appears the volunteers would appreciate it."

"I had them look for a table and chairs for me and within a couple of days they were able to find what I was looking for"

"Every month they have one day where they give away furniture free. They had quite a bit of furniture outside in front of the store that anybody could have and most of it was in pretty good condition. Inside their store they had quite a bit of furniture and decorative items and kitchen items. Good selection of items and I would go back there again."

"Ashley arranged to have my client's sofa, chair and ottoman picked up and here's what they said: "Thanks for setting up the donation pick up, the guy who came was a distinctly really nice, friendly man. Very positive. He was somone you would want to see everyday. He was a great representative to his cause". Thanks for your service to donors and to your customers!"