by Laurie Sternberg | Feb 1, 2016 | Beds, Client Profiles, Giving Tuesday
Marcia just moved here with her six kids — ages 1,2,3,7,9 and 10. She didn’t have anything, so the whole family was sleeping on pallets on the floor. Friends In Deed was able to get beds for all of the children, and almost all of the beds were new because...
by Laurie Sternberg | Feb 1, 2016 | Beds, Client Profiles, Giving Tuesday
Ebony has five kids all under the age of 11. Between working and taking care of all those kids, she certainly has her hands full. Ebony first heard of Friends In Deed through a resource packet when she originally moved here. She didn’t contact us, however, until...
by Laurie Sternberg | Feb 1, 2016 | Beds, Client Profiles, Giving Tuesday
Kiara is a single mom of a two-year-old boy, who is now big enough to need a bed rather than a crib. Thanks to the generous folks who contributed to our Annual Bed & Crib Drive, Kiara’s son not only received a bed through Friends In Deed, he received a...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jan 26, 2016 | Cars, Client Profiles
Brian, his wife and five children — ages 3, 9, 14, 15, 16 — have been without a car for about a year. “I did what I could to keep it going,” Brian said of the old family car, but it had one problem after another.Having no transportation made...
by Laurie Sternberg | Dec 14, 2015 | Cars, Client Profiles, Spotlight
Mwashite is a single mom with a two-year-old child. She came to the United States in 2010 as a refugee from Tanzania, Africa. Since that time, she’s found work but sometimes struggled to find a place to live. In fact, she recently spent three months at the...
by Laurie Sternberg | Dec 14, 2015 | Beds, Client Profiles, Giving Tuesday, Spotlight
Pilar has two children and very little furniture. Up until coming to Friends In Deed, Pilar, Madyson (2) and Carter (1) were sharing a blow-up mattress. With help from her friends at Friends In Deed, Pilar plans to surprise her two children with a crib, twin bed,...
