My Brother's Keeper frequently serves families in crisis… parents and children eating and sleeping on the floor.
We can respond with everything needed to furnish a bare apartment: beds, cribs, dressers, refrigerators, kitchen sets, and living room sets as well as important household items like dishes, pots, pans, sheets, and towels. We obtain these items through a combination of residential and commercial donations and we supplement with purchases as needed.
My Brother's Keeper is the only charity in our area providing furniture free of charge as a core program. All services are delivered in unmarked vehicles— vitally important to those without transportation or the physical means to move heavy items.
Our staff and volunteers complete approximately 1,100 furniture deliveries each year to households in 30 towns surrounding Easton. Since 2007, furniture deliveries have increased 125% but there are still at least 50 families on our waiting list at any given time. Beds are by far the most requested item: 1,100 beds and 195 cribs delivered last year.