Anna's Story

​When I started the non-profit After the Curb I never thought that one day I would be working as the Managing Director of Barrie’s first Furniture Bank. In fact, I didn’t even know what a “Furniture Bank” was. I had also never heard of Redwood Park Communities. I just wanted to solve what seemed to be a very solvable problem: my neighbours’ curb-side furniture was getting destroyed in the rain and snow while people entering housing for the first time or after a period of homelessness were starting out with nothing. 

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