Giving Back

John Henry, owner of the Verlo Mattress store in Beaver Dam, explained how mattresses are made as young adults from Bright Futures of Wisconsin watched a mattress being sewn shut. John has been a Verlo franchisee for almost 20 years. He owns stores in Fond du Lac, Portage and Beaver Dam, WI, which is also…

At Verlo Mattress, we believe everyone deserves a comfortable night of sleep – especially those who are facing very difficult circumstances, like homelessness, abuse or addiction. Our belief has lead to what has become a Verlo family tradition: building and donating mattresses to those less fortunate in our community. Twice a year, we close our…

What began as a casual conversation and a weekly coffee gathering among friends grew into something far greater — Verlo’s Pay It Forward Memorial Day Sale, created to honor military families and support the children of fallen soldiers through donations to Camp Hometown Heroes. It all started when Mary Plemons, Verlo’s Vice President of Operations,…

Verlo Mattress donated mattresses to be used by qualified families participating in the organ transplant program at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee. Here’s a real “feel-good” story: Verlo Mattress donated mattresses to Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center so that families waiting for or recovering from organ transplants could get better sleep. Read the…

Summer camp is a right of passage for many kids – a time for them to safely tip their toes into the pool of independence, away from mom and dad, having fun swimming, canoeing and doing crafts with other kids. But for some children, summer camp offers them much more: a time to heal. A…

Twice a year, Verlo Mattress closes our Milwaukee-based headquarters and corporate-owned stores to bring our staff together for what we call our “Verlo Family Gathering,” which is a day of training and team building. Spending this time together is always well worth it – but this year, it was even more so. This month, during…

In case you missed it, Verlo Mattress made history on November 15, 2014, by becoming the Guinness World Record holder for the Tallest Stack of Mattresses — 18 mattresses reaching an incredible 16 feet, 5.25 inches high! But the real highlight came after the record was set. Every mattress used in the stack was donated…