DIG Furniture Bank Gets $5,000 for Lewisburg Beds, Reaches 1,000 Families

Milton-based DIG Furniture Bank said it has secured foundation funding to buy new beds for Lewisburg-area families and marked a milestone of serving 1,000 families since opening in 2020. Founder and executive director Emily Gorski continues to oversee operations at DIG’s Milton location as the nonprofit expands distribution of household goods.

Publicly circulated materials link the recent award to the Lindig Lewisburg Foundation Fund, a fund of the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania, but the reported dollar figure varies across listings. Some public postings and news headlines cite a $5,000 award tied to the fund; other local coverage lists $4,600. An Instagram fragment also references a separate CommunityAid Foundation award of $5,000 in incomplete text. Local coverage of the story appeared beginning Feb. 24, 2026 and was subsequently updated in community outlets through March 3, 2026.

Inside DIG’s Milton warehouse, volunteers sort and shelve donated household items under the direction of Gorski. As one account described the scene: "Inside the DIG Furniture Bank in Milton, founder and executive director Emily Gorski is busy helping volunteers stock shelves with different household items that were donated to the nonprofit." DIG’s on-the-ground activity includes intake, inventorying, and matching donated furniture to families with demonstrated need in Union County and nearby Lewisburg-area households.

The funding is described in some notices as supporting a project titled "Ensuring a Good Night’s Sleep for Lewisburg Residents." One local report states: "This funding will be used to purchase new beds for Lewisburg families experiencing furniture insecurity." Public materials do not specify how many beds the award will buy or the per-unit cost of mattresses and frames, and available postings list both $5,000 and $4,600 as the award amount; the Lindig Lewisburg Foundation Fund and DIG would need to confirm whether those figures represent the same grant, separate gifts, or a reporting discrepancy.

DIG opened in 2020 and has steadily expanded volunteer shifts and donation intake in Milton, PA (zip 17847) as it reached the 1,000-family milestone reported in recent coverage. Local notices reiterate the organization’s ongoing operational needs: "DIG Furniture Bank is always looking for donations of furniture and other household goods." As DIG moves to deploy the newly reported funding for Lewisburg-area beds, the Milton nonprofit remains a focal point for residents seeking to address furniture insecurity across Union County.