KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Closet Factory of West Michigan opened in August and hopes to give back to children in the community. The business has been giving duffle bags of clothing to foster children in need.
"It's as permanent as it gets. For some of these kids, they get this bag and that's theirs," said Closet Factory Co-Owner, Adam Tucker.
The Closet Factory of West Michigan opened their doors in Kalamazoo last month. The business aims to serve homes and businesses with customed designed storage solutions.
While they care about enhancing local homes, they care even more about supporting foster children and helping them feel loved.
"We want to provide them with a bag, because a lot of times they wind up using plastic bags or garbage bags, especially in the foster care system, and it just it breaks my heart," said co-owner of the Closet Factory, Holly Tucker.
The Closet Factory is partnering with Braden's Closet to give back to children in the community.
Braden's Closet was started in 2015 by two women who cared for many foster children and wanted to make a difference in their lives. Owner's of Closet Factory, Adam and Holly Tucker, said foster children often arrive with only the clothes on their backs and they want to change that.
"So they wake up, you know, in the middle of the night, typically, they're presented with this situation. They have like, three minutes to maybe grab a few items of their own. These bags just offer foster kids that moved from home to home more of a permanency," said Adam Tucker.
Once a customer makes an appointment with the Closet Factory, the business donates a bag to a child in the Foster Care system.
The Tuckers started this initiative as a part of their business launch. They said they hope to continue to give back to foster children around West Michigan and encourage the community to do so as well.
"It's it's easy to do. You can actually get involved in your own little neighborhood. There's places like this all over the place where you can go out, help them, sort through these clothes, put packages together, give them to kids and their families," said Adam Tucker.