(MANHATTAN, Kan. – July 24, 2025) — This year’s Furniture Amnesty Day (FAD) event has been postponed by the City of Manhattan for one week, and it will now start at 8 a.m. Friday, August 1 in City Park.
City officials announced that the event is being postponed due to a forecast of excessive rainfall (3 to 5 inches) overnight and continuing Friday, July 25, leading to possible flooding. A Flood Watch is in effect for the Manhattan area through Friday afternoon.
“We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding as we worked to make this postponement decision,” said Andrew Lawson, public information officer for the City. “Furniture Amnesty Day is a very complex event involving many community partners, so we needed to make a decision before the heaviest of the predicted rainfall came tonight. We urge everyone not to put out furniture tonight, and to contact us if you need to make alternate arrangements for leases that may be terminating within the next week that affect your donation.”
FAD is a free community event that gives people the opportunity to donate or pick up used furniture at no cost. Anyone can participate. There are no income requirements or forms to fill out to choose from the donated items.
Registration for furniture shopping begins at 8 a.m. Aug. 1 in City Park. Free shopping will be scheduled in 15-minute time slots from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
FAD participants can return to the park at their scheduled time and take home up to five (5) furniture items at no cost. Items in a set, such as a table and chairs, only count as one item. No additional paperwork is needed.
Volunteers will begin pickup routes at 7 a.m. Friday, August 1 and will continue gathering and dropping off furniture throughout the day, so there always will be a fresh selection of goods available. Shoppers must be able to haul away any furniture they select. Delivery service is not available.
The deadline to request furniture pickup closed at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 and will not be extended. For those who did not meet the deadline to request a furniture pickup, donations can still be dropped off at Miller Field in City Park from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, August 1.
Acceptable donations include: Sofas; couches; desks; recliners; dressers; headboards; chairs; entertainment centers; and end, coffee, and kitchen tables.
Donations that will not be accepted include: FAD will not be accepting mattresses, dishwashers, pianos, grills, refrigerators, washers, dryers, televisions, monitors, computers, lamps, or other electronics.
Any furniture left unclaimed at 4 p.m. on the day of the event will be open to the general public without registration. At 4:30 p.m., the event will end. Any remaining pieces will be hauled away by staff and volunteers.
If weather prevents the event from taking place on August 1, it will be canceled.
It takes lots of help to make Furniture Amnesty Day happen. HandsOn K-State is organizing the volunteer effort again this year. Anyone interested in helping should contact HandsOn at [email protected]. Volunteers can decide which 3-hour shift works best with their schedule. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Manhattan’s annual Furniture Amnesty Day is hosted by the City of Manhattan, the Staley School of Leadership Studies at K-State, HandsOn K-State, and Konza United Way.