12/08/2023
Good morning everyone!!! Happy Friday ❤️
Reminder, today from 11am-2pm is our indoor donation day giveaway at 495 Notre Dame ave!!!
Today also happens to be Freed from Need's 3 year anniversary.
As I sit here writing this, the emotions are overwhelming. I remember back in the beginning, so many times the same questions, why are you doing this, what do you mean it's all free....people didn't understand lol so so many times.
But there were others, others who very much did understand and did also see the need for a group and community like this. And those others came together, and they donated and they shared posts and they volunteered and they helped however they could because they too knew that we needed it.
And this little idea of forming a group where people could ask for items without being shamed came to life, and did it ever!!! We have grown to over 10,000 members in this 3 years.
Thank you to each and every one of yous for finding our group, for donating to others, for the resources you share, for the kind words when others are struggling, for supporting our events and programs, for the endless amounts of donations that come through our doors, and most importantly, for building Freed from Need into the amazing community it is!!
To the moderators of this group, who we were once all strangers to each other, thank you deeply for everything you all do, you are an amazing team ❤️
Every act of kindness makes a difference whether you know it or not, that coffee to the stranger on the corner or that bedding to a person who just got a new place, it all matters.
We appreciate you all so much, thank you 🥲