By Francesca DiFiore | Development Coordinator
When Saleam’s mom passed, he wasn’t sure how he’d start out on his own without her support.
“Coming from where I came from,” he told us, “community wasn’t always there. So, I didn't really appreciate the value of it until I came across people at Community Warehouse and the other agencies that helped me. I realized community is everything.”
A recent study showed 32% of people across the United States are unable to access, afford, or maintain one or more essential household furniture goods–think beds, dining room tables, and lamps. Living in a dark home without a place to sleep can lead our neighbors overcoming adversity back into shelter systems or harmful living situations where they have a pillow, lighting, and the pots and pans they need, at the cost of building self-sufficiency. At Community Warehouse, we are able to provide donated furniture and household items to community members seeking the comfort, stability and dignity of a furnished home.
“Community Warehouse played a major part in me continuing to walk on the right path,” Saleam told us, sitting on a couch he picked out in our North Portland furniture bank.
Thank you for partnering in our work to provide security, self-sufficiency and stability to over 70 households per week, helping people like Saleam find comfort and security. I’m glad that we are working together to connect household essentials to the people who need them most.
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