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A diverse group of over 20 volunteers gathers in a bright, modern kitchen for a celebratory huddle. Taken from a high-angle perspective, the image shows the team reaching toward the center in a unified

How can we move into 2026 with hope and unity? Explore how community building, volunteerism, and compassion can create positive change and lasting belonging.

ASOH is committed to diversity, equity, and belonging and strongly encourages all BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those with protected class backgrounds.

Furniture poverty is defined as the inability to access the basic essential items that a household needs to achieve the most basic quality of living in order to participate in society as employee and/or student.

Two people stand in their new remodeled bedroom

Greatly impedes an individual or a family’s ability to properly inhabit and function in their shelter, undermining their health and productivity in work and school.

As we prepare for Foster Care Awareness Month in May, we celebrate National Volunteer Month, in April.

Podcasts

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Small & Gutsy features A Sense of Home

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart

10/3/2023
How do you define ‘home’? – a place where you can let your hair down, be yourself, be safe, feel a sense of belonging? But what if that home were just an empty space, would you still feel the same? What if that home didn’t have your thumbprint, meaning your input on how it was decorated where you could truly find peace, knowing that this sacred space was a part of your caring community?

Meant for You podcast

A Sense of Home Founder and CNN Hero Georgie Smith

Meant For You Podcast

7/14/2020
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. Georgie started receiving requests from others who needed the same type of assistance. When Georgie realized there were no organizations providing this help to set up homes for kids coming out of the foster system, Georgie decided to create a Sense of Home with a model that could be repeated by other non-profits.

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A Sense of Home strives to prevent homelessness by creating first-ever homes and a community for youth aging out of foster care.

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