Fill This House - How to Help
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Fill This House, founded by Joe Matejka in Westlake, Ohio, is a nonprofit that provides essential household items and beds to newly emancipated youth and teens in the foster care system. The organization specifically serves youth in Cuyahoga County who are aging out of foster care and losing support. Donations can be made online or through gift registries at Target and Walmart.
Fill This House - How to Help
- 1. FILL THIS HOUSE - HOW TO HELP By Joe Matejka
- 2. Introduction Based in Westlake, Ohio, Joe Matejka is founder and president of Custom Fundraising Solutions, an organization that developed a mattress fundraising concept now used in over 1,200 schools across the nation. Joe Matejka also contributes to Fill This House by donating beds. A faith-based nonprofit organization, Fill This House collects money and household items to equip newly emancipated youth with life necessities. Additionally, Fill This House helps teens currently in the foster care system, especially those with limited support and few belongings. The organization focuses on Cuyahoga County youth who are leaving the foster care system as they reach the age of 18.
- 3. Fill This House At this age, foster teens lose assistance and custodial rights and thus take on a much broader range of adult responsibilities. Fill This House is always accepting donations. To support the organization with monetary contributions, visit www.fillthishouse.org, where you can donate using a major credit card or PayPal. Donations may go specifically to one person or to the organization as a whole. Additionally, Fill This House is registered at both Target and Walmart, so contributors may select physical items from the organization’s gift registry.