Furniture Exchange
With a realization that Institute students needed to furnish their living spaces on a minimal budget, the MIT Student Furniture Exchange (the FX) began in 1958 to address this basic necessity. Located at 350 Brookline Street (WW15) in Cambridge, the FX sells used furniture and housewares at bargain prices and is open to the communities of MIT, Harvard University, Boston University, and Suffolk University on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 4 pm. It is also open the first Saturday of each month from 10 am to 1 pm.
Volunteers are always needed for this effort — which has grown busier with each passing year — to unpack and price goods and to help with sales while meeting interesting people. All donations of used furniture and housewares are tax-deductible and greatly appreciated. Donations are tax deductible and a receipt for income tax purposes will be provided upon request. All proceeds benefit the MIT Women's League Scholarship Fund, a growing endowment that provides annual financial support to undergraduate women at MIT.
Contact the Furniture Exchange at 617.253.4293, email fx@mit.edu, or visit the website at http://web.mit.edu/womensleague/fx/ for more information about the donation process or to become a volunteer.
