Mattress Donation

The Mustard Seed of Central Florida helps rebuild the lives of families who have experienced homelessness, natural disaster, or personal tragedy, by providing basic household furniture to help ensure stability. Every child deserves a bed to sleep on, and The Mustard Seed is able to accept mattresses to sanitize and provide back out to families in need.

Your donation ensures that those who have experienced crisis have a safe, comfortable bed to sleep on. The Mustard Seed can accept mattresses, box springs, and metal bed frames in all sizes to provide out to those in need.

As part of our recycling efforts, we are able to accept mattresses that have rips/stains/tears. We ask for a $12 deconstruction fee to keep these mattresses our of the landfill.

Items We Can Accept:

  • Twin, Full, Queen, and King Mattresses
  • Twin, Full, Queen, and King Box Springs
  • Cribs and Crib Mattresses
  • Adjustable metal bed frames
  • Inflatable Air Mattresses in good condition

We Are Unable to Accept:

  • Mechanical Beds with Electric Components
  • Hospital Beds/Mattresses
  • Water Beds
  • Head boards/foot boards
  • Day/Trundle/Bunk Beds

If you are interested in donating a large volume of mattresses, please email our Director of Operations, Alex Jones, at alex@mustardseedfla.org

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