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At a recent dinner with the Wider Circle team, Don Brown, who along with his wife, Ann, had donated $100,000 to help A Wider Circle obtain new beds for those we serve, stood up and said the following: Ìý“You should not thank me. ÌýI thank you. ÌýYou’re the ones doing all the work.”

The sincerity in his voice was moving. ÌýA Wider Circle had just shared with Don and Ann that they had raised $50,000 to match their gift and were hopeful to raise the next $50,000 soon. ÌýDon’s next words put a hop in the A Wider Circle team’s step.

“If you raise that next $50,000, we will give you $100,000 more.”

In total, A Wider Circle stands to have $300,000 to purchase new beds for the people who come to them for help.

Since that dinner, A Wider Circle has raised nearly $30,000 toward the final $50,000. ÌýOnly $20,000 to go!Ìý

As we have seen in nearly a decade and a half of service, beds are the marker for poverty as much as anything else. ÌýIt is harder to get a good bed than it is to get food, clothing, rental assistance… you name it.

Beds are what keep many young men off the street late at night; it is far easier to convince your child to come home when there is a bed in which he will be able to sleep instead of lying on the floor. ÌýWhen you want your children to be inside at night, not having beds is a disincentive with dangerous repercussions.

Every commercial for beds speaks of how important it is to get a good night’s rest. ÌýAll of them are right, and with $20,000, A Wider Circle will be able to take $300,000 to bed manufacturers and create a partnership that will bring thousands of beds to those in need. ÌýAs a woman recently said after A Wider Circle had provided her family with beds:

“This is a blessing. It will help me and my kids to get the rest we need to keep going in our lives – to strive for a better future.”

Better futures. ÌýReal change. ÌýThis is what the Browns have in mind as they make this incredible gift to A Wider Circle. ÌýÌýHelp raise the final $20,000 so A Wider Circle can get the $100,000 more. .