By Lauren Lohfink, Marketing Specialist
City of Manhattan
(MANHATTAN, Kan. – July 13, 2026) — This year’s Furniture Amnesty Day (FAD) event will take place starting at 8:00 a.m. Friday, July 24 at its new location in the A2 Parking lot on the K-State campus, located on the southeast corner of campus near the Beach Art Museum.
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 in person at 8:00 a.m. in the A2 parking lot on July 24. Free shopping will be scheduled in 15-minute time slots from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
FAD participants can return 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.
Furniture will continue to be gathered and dropped off throughout the day, so there will always be a fresh selection of goods available. Shoppers must be able to haul away any furniture they select. Delivery service is not available.
Furniture can be donated in two ways: 1) residents within Manhattan city limits can sign up online by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 22 to have volunteers pick up their donated furniture at the curbside of their residence; or 2) donations can be dropped off at the A2 parking lot on the K-State campus from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday, July 24.
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. “Generally, we don’t accept anything that needs to be plugged in,” Courtright explained.
Volunteers are available to pick up furniture donations at the curb for anyone living within Manhattan city limits. Volunteers only will pick up a maximum of five (5) furniture items per location. Again, furniture sets such as a table and chairs still count as only one item.