Caleb, 19 years old, VA | 4 DAYS WAITING | NEEDED BY 11/06

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Caleb gives his friends haircuts in the shared kitchen of his independent living program, a towel around their shoulders and a borrowed pair of clippers in his hand, and he is quietly the best barber in the building. He taught himself by watching videos late at night and practicing on anyone willing to sit still. He would love to open his own barber shop someday. Caleb entered foster care as a young teenager and moved through more placements than he likes to count. He has aged into an independent living program with a small room, a tight budget, and nobody on the other end of the phone when something goes wrong. He works part-time at a fast-food restaurant and puts every spare dollar toward barber school tuition. He is described as respectful and reliable, someone who shows up early and offers to help clean up after everyone else. Beneath his steady, easygoing manner is a young man who has taken care of himself since he was a kid and who still quietly wishes someone would take care of him.

Caleb’s small room in his independent living program is the first space he's ever been able to call truly his own, and he takes real pride in keeping it clean and welcoming, even though the carpet has seen years of tenants before him. A Bissell Little Green portable carpet cleaner would give him a simple way to tackle spills and stains himself and to protect his housing deposit, something that matters enormously to a young man living on a tight budget with no family to fall back on. It would also help him keep his space ready for the friends he cuts hair for and for the day he moves into a place of his own. Your gift would give Caleb the tools to care for his home with pride, and a quiet reminder that he deserves a clean, welcoming place to land.