I got the idea to do this because my daughter turned two and I had all of these clothing
that I was saving and then I realized why don't I give it to the Genesee Center to the children there.
I went to Karen Earl and I said do you have a room you can give me and she said I have
even better I have a whole apartment I can give you. I got together a bunch of my friends to come
help me out. At first we were just going to do a room and an apartment and then we were doing an
entire renovation of an apartment. I decided that I would make this room like a little you know
boutique where the kids and moms can come get clothes that some really important companies
are going to supply clothes that they have closed seasonally and then I also wanted to make it like
a fun space just a fun place for kids to celebrate themselves. We got David on board. We ripped out
all of the carpet. We ripped out all of the fixtures that were here. We ripped out the bath
vanity, the tile. What's up everybody? We couldn't have done this project without Owen and Leonard.
They're the plumbers but they do more than plumbing. They moved a heat radiator, they changed the
toilets, they helped with the hardwood flooring. We put in new fixtures, we did new wiring and then
we painted everything. The idea of this like I said was inspired by my daughter so I thought
wouldn't it be great to take this space and somehow name it after her so I named it Nala's World.
None of this could have really been that possible without Michelle. We need help. We need finances to
remodel. We have 32 apartments and three of them have been remodeled. This one was done to by two
other people that sponsored an apartment. This is where the women get together and have movie night
for themselves. They have therapy here. I'm gonna know try to reach out to as many people as I can
and sort of get them to get on board and help us fundraise and I want to go through and redo each
one of them not for children but for the families to actually live in so that's my mission. We're
all just motivated. We want to tell our friends, we want to get people who maybe want to donate.
Sponsoring a remodel for one of the apartments or a bunch of the apartments where people feel
confident within the walls that they're living in. It helps ignite a fresh start within them and
that's why they're here. Maybe we can get a single donor who wants to do an apartment themselves or
we can get groups of people together and say well yeah why don't the four of us go in together and
we can redo an entire apartment for a family in need. You're creating a place where someone can
live and you're making it beautiful. It's just so rewarding. If you should decide to sponsor an
apartment or some sort of space we would make a video for you so you could see how we redid the
space for you and then at the end we'll have a big reveal. Oh my lordy heaven. Oh my goodness. Oh my god.
It is a boutique so that's why you see all the clothes. You get to come to the reveal and see
actually what your money did. This is just remarkable and it's about enhancing the lives
and the space where the women and the children come to heal. Please help any way that you can.
