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</script></div><div class="clearfix"></div><h1>Houston mattress retailer opens stores to Harvey hurricane victims</h1><div class="text-muted">Aug. 30, 2017</div><span class="media-body"><p style="margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Houston retailer that sells mattresses is opening its stores to displaced hurricane victims to provide a safe, dry place to sleep.</span></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gallery Furniture made the compassionate gesture in the wake of tremendous flooding taking place in Houston following the arrival of Hurricane Harvey, according to a New York Daily News <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/houston-mattress-chain-opens-place-sleep-article-1.3453152" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">report</a>.</span></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The two locations are also offering water and food, and can accommodate hundreds of people, as well as pets who have a kennel or carrier to sleep in.</span></span></p></span><div class="clearfix"></div><hr/><p><b>Topics:</b> <b><a href="
            
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