{"id":107,"date":"2018-05-07T10:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T14:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybobs.wpengine.com\/?p=107"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:07:45","slug":"helping-families-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/helping-families-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Families in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Bob&#039;s Discount Furniture Lends a Helping Hand to Hurricane Victims\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QybrWoaVF1k?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently hosted a shopping trip at my Manchester, CT store for families who are relocating to the Greater Hartford, CT area after being displaced by the hurricanes in Puerto Rico last fall. 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