At least two people stole beds from a semitractor-trailer that Factory Mattress uses to store its donations for Statesman Season for Caring and other charities during the holidays. A lock was broken on the truck parked at Factory Mattresses’ warehouse at 4209 S. Industrial Drive sometime between 8 and 10 p.m. Wednesday. Security footage shows at least three people making multiple trips to load a pickup. Nine mattresses and seven box springs designated for Season for Caring and other charities were taken. Factory Mattress estimates about $3,900 worth of product is gone. For the past seven years, Factory Mattress has made sure all the featured families in the Statesman Season for Caring program have new beds. This year, Factory Mattress donated 35 beds worth $28,000. It was the biggest donation in both dollar amount and number of beds Factory Mattress has given to Season for Caring. Since 2010, Factory Mattress has donated more than $118,000 to the program. Season for Caring highlights the needs of 12 families during the holidays and helps hundreds of other families throughout the year through local nonprofit agencies.
Monetary donations and donations of goods and services can be made through Jan. 31, but now through Dec. 27 there is a matching grant for monetary donations up to $100,000 from the Sheth family. Some of the beds stolen were designated for the King family in Dripping Springs, who have lost three family members this year to suicide and cancer, and the Noheli family, who are refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo and need beds for 11 family members. Beds for two other families sponsored by churches also were in the trailer. On Thursday morning, when Factory Mattress discovered the semitrailer had been broken into and the beds stolen, it began pulling from its stock inside the warehouse to replace the donated beds. “This is the time of year when there are so many people that are really in need, and other people prey on that,” said Mark Nelson, chief operating officer of Factory Mattress. “It’s just sad, but we got it figured out.” Nelson said there was no way Factory Mattress wouldn’t fulfill the orders for Season for Caring families and the churches’ families.
“As you read the stories in the paper, you get a better understanding of what a lot of these people have been through,” Nelson said. “Then their attitude is … they are still smiling.” Factory Mattress has filed a police report. It has security video of the theft, and it has asked its warehouse neighbors for their videos. This is the second time donations for Season for Caring have been stolen from a parking lot. In January, a trailer that was filled with items for the family nominated by Interfaith Action of Central Texas was stolen from that agency’s parking lot. Season for Caring now encourages agencies to not use movable trailers to store donations and to deliver donations as quickly as possible. • To make a monetary donation to Season for Caring, use the coupon on PageA19 or go online to • Find more stories, videos and photos of all the families at1,748 salaries (for 251 job titles) Job Title Mattress Firm Salary Location Store Manager $33,564 United States Sales Manager $47,582 United States Area Manager $35,473 United States Mattress Firm Store Manager $36,387 United States Manager On Duty $31,731 United States Assistant Store Manager $32,816 United States Sales Manager In Training $43,950 United States Sales Associate $29,792 United States AREA SALES MANAGER $37,003 United States Store Manager - Monthly $2,518/mo United States Store Manager - Hourly $11.62/hr United States District Sales
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