A Sense of Home strives to prevent homelessness by creating first-ever homes for youth aging out of foster care with donated furniture and home goods. 50% of those struggling with homelessness are former foster youth. The homeless crisis can only end through prevention.
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- Sponsoring the creation of a home in the individual or family’s apartment
- Location is typically in the South Central area
- $7k donation
- Up to 15 volunteers (depends on the size of the home)
- You will receive details of the individual or family you are creating a home for
- Feel free to bring anything your heart desires, for example — welcome home gift baskets
- Videos and photos provided
- Only available if/when the daily Los Angeles COVID caseload drops below 500 cases/day
- ASOH provides all items for the home including refreshments and lunch for you and your family
- A virtual home sponsorship has been popular way to participate during the pandemic
- $6k donation
- A video of the home creation is dedicated to the sponsor and often the sponsor chooses to dedicate the home (to staff or clients)
- You may want to share with your community & colleagues the ASOH wishlist asenseofhome.org/asoh-wishlists.
- This is updated weekly to reflect the items ASOH is in most need of to install all 250+ items in the every home that we create.
- For example if you click on our wishlist you will notice that we are in great need of crib mattresses and decor.
- Your colleagues could shop online for this list, or you might choose to do a decor drive at your company — where everyone brings in decor to the office on a specified date and then you deliver all of the decor donations to the ASOH warehouse on a Tuesday.
Are you ready to change a child's life?
- Take a look at your possessions. What don’t you really need?
- If you are an 8-year-old, and you have out grown your amazing 7-year-old clothes — Please collect and prepare them for a child who needs these right now.
- Neatly fold all of your favorite 7-year-old clothes and place it in one of your largest organizer boxes.
- Then add shoes, socks, schools supplies, books, toys and games.
- Write a note especially for the 7-year-old who is going to receive these items.
- Create a label for the outside of the box and label “7-year-old”. Then tell all your friends to do the same!!
- Schedule 2 hour or 4 hour volunteer activities
- Tuesdays through Saturdays 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Individuals and/or small groups of volunteers
- Create custom kits for homes
- Build furniture
With every new beginning, comes the opportunity to donate furniture & homewares. We thank you for thinking of A Sense of Home for your donations.
- It is important to note that we only accept undamaged items.
- Donors are asked to have all items delivered by their movers or companies, such as Lugg or Dolly.
- Deliveries are made to the ASOH warehouse: 3457 W. El Segundo Blvd. Unit A. Hawthorne CA 90250.
- All donation deliveries must be scheduled.
- Go to asenseofhome.org/donate-furniture-housewares for more information and to complete your donation form.
- Upload photos of all furniture items to ensure the size will work within the small spaces in which we create homes.
We welcome and thank you for undertaking a book drive to inspire and help enhance education for the amazing young people we serve.
- We install a Love Library in each home both for kids and for the young adults we serve.
- To participate in the book drive, you can collect donated books or purchases.
- Go to asenseofhome.org/love-library for our suggested reading list and where you can purchase.
- We ask that you ship your “Love Library” packages to the ASOH warehouse: 3457 W. El Segundo Blvd. Unit A. Hawthorne CA 90250.
- Raise $6,000 to sponsor a warehouse home creation
- Raise $7,000 to sponsor a home creation on site
- Go to justgiving.com/campaign/asenseofhome
- Your team gets to create the home, or make it a virtual home creation and you will receive a video and dedicate it to a loved one or a group of individuals.
- On-site home creations occur when daily LA COVID caseloads are lower than 500/day.
- Prepare welcome home baskets and kits for ASOH recipients.
- The kits and baskets are designed to serve a specific function or to make a specific room functional.
- For example, cooking kits ensure a fully functional kitchen and yummy cooking.
- Go to asenseofhome.org/welcome-home-baskets for a full list of each kit.
- Watch this video to get inspired youtu.be/kVCBWn9_F7I
Latest Press
Michelle Rodriguez Recalls Being ‘Ripped Away’ from Mom and Placed in Foster Care at 6 at the A Sense of Home 2022 Gala.
Create Your Own Fundraising Campaign
Rally your community and friends in innovative ways to ensure A Sense of Home can keep up with increasing demands for home creations in Los Angeles, and help ASOH open in cities across the country.
Listen to the latest podcasts
featuring A Sense of Home
FREEDOM WRITERS PODCAST
In this week’s episode, Erin Gruwell is joined by Georgie Smith, the founder of A Sense of Home and the 2016 top ten CNN Hero of the Year.
Shared Ingredients
Georgie Smith joins Andrew Pelosi, host of Shared Ingredients, to share A Sense of Home’s mission, story, and ways to get involved.
THE SOCIAL SHIFT PODCAST
w/ASOH CO-Founder Georgie Smith
I Want Her Job Podcast
A random act of kindness to help furnish an apartment for someone who aged out of foster care altered the course of Georgie Smith’s life, and led to the creation of A Sense of Home.
Women Lead Radio
Donna Netwig, host of Women on the Journey; Tales From the Trenches, has a conversation with Georgie Smith, Founder/CEO of A Sense of Home, on creating a business around a passion for giving, and the journey of developing a 501c business.
ANTHONY TRUCKS PODCAST
w/ ASOH CO-Founder Georgie Smith
MY L.A. Community Affairs Show
w/ ASOH CO-Founder Georgie Smith
Crazy Good Turns
Young adults who age out of the foster system often bring with them a lifetime of trauma. One organization is determined to make them feel at home.
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Once you become a part of the ASOH family, we love you always and forever! Wishing everyone a lovely Valentine’s Day. ♥️🤗
Providing love feels just as good as receiving it. Click the link in bio to find out how to sponsor a Home Creation, donate furniture, volunteer and brows our Amazon wishlist.
The ASOH team, volunteers and recipients thank YOU! 🫶🏽
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Our ASOH families and children are so near and dear to our hearts. We commend our parents for being resilient examples and leaders to our little ones. 🧒♥️
Click the link in bio to learn how you can sponsor a Home Creation, donate furniture, volunteer and impact the youth we serve.
As always, the ASOH team, volunteers, and recipients thank YOU! 🫶
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“I learned early on to not get attached to things or places. So the thought of having my own bed to sleep on felt like a foreign thing for me. Having my home created by ASOH would mean I am giving myself permission to own my own bed. It is also a reminder that I will have a stable place to live for the next year. It’s a speckle of hope - things will only get better from here if I chose to keep moving along.” -Regina
Regina has graduated with her Masters in Psychology from UCLA and is now studying for her doctorate at USC all while working full time. We are so proud of Regina and all her accomplishments.
Special thank you to the Duffy family and friends @jduff614 @michaelrduffy for sponsoring Regina’s home creation and joining us on such a beautiful day! ♥️🏠🫶
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“The only people you need in your life are the ones that prove they need you in theirs.” 💕✨ -Paris Hilton
Give the gift of home this Valentine’s Day by sponsoring a Home Creation, donating new / like new furniture to our warehouse and purchasing from our Amazon wishlist!
The ASOH team, volunteers and recipients thank YOU! 🫶
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Spreading love into the creation of homes and the vision of a bright future. 💕🏠
Visit our website (link in bio) to discover all the ways you can be a part of the magic of Home Creations.
You can donate furniture, your time, sponsor a Home Creation and purchase from our Amazon wishlist.
The ASOH team and recipients thank YOU! 🫶
#ASOH #asenseofhome #asenseofhomeorg #fosteryouth #formerfosteryouth #creatinghome #home #homedesign #community #love #compassion #strength #hope #give #donate #volunteer #valentines #spreadlove
Regina, at only age 26 years has graduated with her Masters in Psychology from UCLA and is now studying for her doctorate at USC and working full time. Regina is a role model and caretaker of her two younger siblings and one of the most impressive young people we have ever been blessed to meet. Regina’s calm demeanor, grace, gratitude, profound dedication to making the world a better place has inspired us all to be and do more. We have Regina in our hearts forever. It is people like Regina who've overcome against all odds to achieve so significantly who teach us the most important lessons life; every obstacle is an opportunity to become the best version of ourselves in order that we can positively impact the lives of all we touch.
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When communities collide, magic is made. 🫶✨
Thank you to our volunteers and donors for spreading your love into our hearts and homes!
Visit our link in bio to learn how you can donate, volunteer, and sponsor a home! ♥️🏠
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Happy Black History Month!
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Javiera getting her own zone and feeling like it is straight out of a magazine is the “why” to what we do. 🫶🏠
Be a part of our mission by visiting the link in our bio to donate new or like new items and check out our Amazon wishlist.
ASOH, volunteers, the community and our recipients thank you. ♥️
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Rain 🌧️ or shine ☀️, we are there ❤️
As always, thank you to our incredible ASOH volunteers and amazing sponsors @casper @ruggable @dovetailfurniture @kellywearstler @caraway_home @parachutehome @theouai @lampsplus @oseamalibu @honest @aliceandolivia @bleusalt @loloirugs for showing up and being there for youth aging out of the foster care system.
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Welcome Home Au’Taija! When we come together, we achieve greatness ❤️
Thank you @lampsplus for bringing light to where once there was darkness. We thank @ruggable for the ongoing warmth of inspired area rugs that transform cold empty spaces into coziness and love.
If not for @casper our recipients would be derived of a good nights sleep and the ability to dream bigger.
Thank you @ashleyhomestore and @hopetodream_west for ensuring we have kids beds for every home. Thank you to amazing @dovetailfurniture for the wonderful furniture.
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“When transforming HOME becomes transforming SELF.” 🏠🫶
*Calling out to our community.*
We are running low on end tables, dressers, bookcases, dining tables, dining chairs, lamps, rugs, home decor and children’s toys.
We appreciate all our new or lightly used donations and Amazon Wishlist purchases!
Check out our link in bio to see how you can donate and find our Amazon Wishlist! ♥️🏠
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