When an elderly man and his son walked into the Christian Women’s Job Corps (CWJC) building looking for beds after their house was flooded, they found two cots among the air mattresses. The only question they had after picking out the cots was: “When do we have to return them?”
The answer – “They’re yours” – surprised a mostgrateful man.
“I thought he was going to cry,” said Karen Presley, CWJC executive director. “The air mattresses were great, but they would be laying in water.”
Workers at CWJC and its Thrift Store have heard many similar stories. A woman needed just two tooth ...