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4514 E. 142nd Street, S
Bixby
74008

Telephone

9188136983

Website

www.wonderlandfurnituredesigns.com

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Employing Women With Felonies and Mental Health Issues To Serve The Furniture Needs Of Foster Children

Welcome! I’m Lucinda Bunn, the resident artist and designer at Wonderland Furniture, designs by lucinda and here is the story...

In the beginning… After losing my mom in 2011, I had a tough time with grief and depression. So I started painting furniture around my house in bright, cheerful colors and patterns. It was literally my occupational therapy to help me cope.

I still battle with depression at times, but (pick one) -God, The Universe, my Higher Power -has continued to inspire and enable me to paint happy furniture. (Which makes me happy.) Having painted almost every stick of wooden furniture in my house, I knew that I had to paint more. So I began painting and donating kid’s dressers to T.A.P.C.S., Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children, a non-profit which supports the 1,400+ children in and out of foster care due to child abuse/neglect in Tulsa County.

These kids were going from the only home they had ever known to live with strangers and a future uncertain. In many cases, their only belongings traveled with them in a trash bag. And I created something that these kids could call their own. Something special. Happy. And joyful. Over a year’s time, I painted over a dozen dressers and school desks-giant crayon boxes, VW Buses and some big kid furniture for a fundraiser in support of the agency. I refer to my furniture as my “wooden children.” They all have a name and a story. And I get to know them well.

This became “Wonderland Furniture, designs by lucinda.” My for profit business. While I love my work, my true passion lies with the foster kids in providing dressers, desks and functional furniture for those children in the foster care system.

I would like to be able to devote my time fully to create a non-profit here- "Foster Joy, Happy Furniture For Foster Kids."

And I will need help. Manpower. Time. Money. Resources. Media contacts. Furniture. A space. Connections. A grant writer.

And I want to start with the Tulsa metro area. If you are reading this and are moved by what you see, want to be a part of it, or you think you may know someone who can help, please message me here and let me know.

I envision a nationwide operation where women who have served time in our prison system and who can find no employment due to their records will be able to work alongside women who suffer with disabling depression and anxiety, thus allowing them to have a place to work, where we can cater to their needs. When those with mental health issues are sick, they will be able to miss work to get well and not lose their jobs. I believe this can help our country in several ways.

1-Give foster kids who may be losing their only family something happy to call their own at a time when they have no certainty.

2-Allow women who have done their time but who continue to be punished and marginalized to become contributing members of society, by training them to refurbish, repair and paint furniture for foster kids.

3-Help reduce the dependency on Social Security Disability for mental health related issues,(and I am one of these women), by creating a working environment that respects and works around the disability, allowing for the possibility of long-term employment which cannot be found in conventional employment settings.

I welcome any and all help to make this vision a reality. It takes a village and we can do this. Please contact me if you feel moved to do so. And thank you for taking the time to read.

“It is my mission to bring joy to those who need it. And that is everyone.”

Lucinda Bunn