Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale is the owner of Gallery Furniture.
Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale is the owner of Gallery Furniture.
Photo: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff PhotographerJim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale is the owner of Gallery Furniture.
Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale is the owner of Gallery Furniture.
Photo: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff PhotographerGallery Furniture wants to help Fort Bend residents find jobs, manage stress with resource center
Fort Bend County and Gallery Furniture's Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale have teamed up to provide job coaching and support, mental health resources and food distribution for the county at a new resource center at the furniture store's Grand Parkway location.
The Gallery Furniture Resource Center is meant to provide help to Fort Bend county residents as people head back to work, look for new jobs or need help as the coronavirus pandemic continues but Texas reopens.
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Job coaching will be available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and includes coaching on resume writing, creating social media accounts, job searching online, interview practices and networking. Appointments are preferred and can be made at Gallery Furniture's Work Texas Job Center page. The center is taking appointments now.
Fort Bend County Behavioral Health Services and GHI will be also be available Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help anyone with struggling with stress management, anxiety and worry, parenting and more. The team will be help identify needs and refer visitors to appropriate mental health resources. Appointments are not needed.
The resource center will also provide free food for Fort Bend residents in need. The Houston Food Bank will be there distributing food in contactless, drive-thru appointment meal distribution with a goal of serving 1,500 people. Distribution will occur from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on these dates:
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Mattress Mack, Fort Bend County Commissioner Ken R. DeMerchant, County Judge KP George and Director of Behavioral Health Services Connie Almeida will share more details on June 10.
This is the latest move by Mattress Mack to support Houston during the coronavirus pandemic. He has also organized mask donations, blood drives, free Covid-19 testing and meal distribution at Gallery Furniture locations.
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