Giving Back

Vision Express Rushes to Help During the Current Covid-19 Crisis in India

May 08, 2021 1 min read 1 Comment

As you may be aware, the Covid 19 situation in India is dire. Oxygen is very scarce, among other things like hospital beds, medicines, ventilators, and vaccines. Vision Express has already funded 40 oxygen concentrators to help. Our current goal is to raise $1,000,000 dollars to send oxygen concentrators to 50 different hospitals in India in the next 30 to 45 days.

52 Weeks of Giving Mediation Center Success Story

February 11, 2019 2 min read

For our 19th week of 52 Weeks of Giving, we donated this 5'x8' transitional designed rug to the Mediation Center's Family Visitation Program. The Mediation Center helps people in Buncombe, Henderson Transylvania, and Polk Counties move through difficult and stressful conflict. One of their most noteworthy programs is the Family Visitation Program. The rug was donated to their visitation room.

Rug&Home Sponsorship Success Story: Hendersonville Community Band

December 17, 2018 1 min read

Rug&Home was proud to sponsor the December 2018 concert performed by the Hendersonville Community Band. The "'Tis the Season" concert featured an eclectic list of holiday-themed songs, such as Russian Christmas carols, Dreidel Dance and A Praetorius Hymn, as well as arrangements of more holiday classics like "Away in a Manger", "Winter Wonderland" and "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year".

52 Weeks of Giving Blue Ridge Health Success Story

November 26, 2018 2 min read

For our 3rd week of the 52 Weeks of Giving, we donated this 5 x 8 Muragan Embossed rug to Blue Ridge Health. Blue Ridge Health is a health clinic that has been operating for over 50 years throughout Western North Carolina. They provide a wide range of services such as family medicine, dentistry and behavioral health. The rug was donated as a part of their Moving Mountains for Health fundraiser held September 29, 2018.

Rug&Home 52 Weeks of Giving The Hope Chest for Women Success Story

November 12, 2018 2 min read

For our 8th week of 52 Weeks of Giving, we have donated this 5 x 8 herringbone rug to The Hope Chest for Women. Hope Chest helps support women going through breast or gynecological cancer treatments by providing financial assistance, referrals and other resources. Hope Chest provides these services throughout all 22 counties in Western North Carolina.

Rug&Home 52 Weeks of Giving Thrive for Health Success Story

November 08, 2018 2 min read

For our 7th week of 52 Weeks of Giving, we donated this beige 5 x 8 to Thrive for Life. Thrive is a Hendersonville-based nonprofit that helps those with mental illnesses become productive members of the community. Services that they provide include transitional employment opportunities, housing assistance and financial management support.

Rug & Home 52 Weeks of Giving Program 2018-2019

August 23, 2018 1 min read

Starting Semptember 1, 2018, Rug & Home will gift one rug per week for the entire year to fifty-two different charitable organizations in need. The purpose of the giveaway is to help charities and nonprofits raise money for their causes. These rugs can be auctioned off to raise funds for y...

The Gift of Flowers-Rug & Home Flower Giving

July 05, 2018 2 min read

The Gift of Flowers Very few people would argue that receiving or even seeing flowers brings them happiness. Even the most stoic will usually crack a smile when presented with a beautiful bloom! And there's true scientific evidence to support this joy. A study done by Rutgers University found ...

Thinking of Mother's Everywhere

May 08, 2018 2 min read

Everywhere I believe a mother’s love can be universal. Rug and Home is focused on helping women and children in remote parts of India where our rugs are crafted. A team of people from the USA is chosen every year to create awareness, volunteer and lend a hand with ground floor efforts there.

Community Outreach: Sari Silk Rug Raffle, Fundraiser for 6-Year-Old Selah Grace

March 28, 2017 2 min read

A little over a year ago on Christmas Day 2015, now 6-year-old Selah Grace Henderson from Hendersonville, NC was a joyful little girl who had just received her dream Christmas gift – a puppy named Nemo. A week later, Selah’s Christmas day joy turned into devastating news for her and her family ...

How Shopping Small helps transform Communities, near and far

November 17, 2016 4 min read

Shop Small. We have all heard it before, but do we really realize the impact that shopping small has on our communities? By supporting small businesses you are not only supporting local jobs, which in turn supports local families, you are supporting the entrepreneurs who become strong corner...

Changing the Lives of Many with Vision Express

June 17, 2016 2 min read

Rug & Home is proud to announce the feature of Vision Express in Charlotte Living Magazine this spring. Vision Express is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded by Rug & Home. With the goal of eradicating blindness among the unprivileged population of Indian women, Rug & Home donates ...

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