Humble Design is on a mission to turn houses into homes

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• Homes Furnished: Humble Design Detroit to Serve 2,000th Client in Fight against Homelessness
• Events
• Meet Rob & Treger Strasberg
• Humble Design: Furnishing the Future of Local Families
• Local nonprofits aim to end homelessness by furnishing homes
• Metro Detroit nonprofit furnishes veteran’s new home ahead of Veterans Day
• View All People & Culture

After the family found a house they could afford, they had nothing left over in the budget to furnish it. Enjoy cocktails, food, silent auction, and more, plus a live painting created by acclaimed Detroit artist Mike Han, which will then be auctioned off at the event. See Mike’s work at The House of Han, and on his Instagram page. Thank you for signing up for our monthly newsletter.

Homes Furnished: Humble Design Detroit to Serve 2,000th Client in Fight against Homelessness

In 2023, the Furniture Bank helped just over 2,000 families and provided about 18,000 items valued at $1 million. Humble Design Detroit furnished 151 homes in total last year, which impacted 485 people; 306 of those people were children and 15 were veterans. Anyone who lives in Detroit knows how much the city’s homeless population has been suffering, particularly in the last few years. And those lucky enough to get into transitional housing after leaving the overpopulated shelters are starting from scratch — a situation that inspired Treger Strasberg and Ana Smith to start a nonprofit firm called Humble Design.

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Pontiac's Humble Design celebrates furnishing 1,000th home for needy family - Detroit News

Pontiac's Humble Design celebrates furnishing 1,000th home for needy family.

Posted: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:00:00 GMT [source]

She found a house she could afford, but there was nothing left over in the budget to furnish it. The children were making nests on the floor where they were going to sleep. I cried my eyes out on my way to picking up my children from day care thinking about those kids sleeping on the floor that night while I was tucking my children into their big beautiful beds.

Meet Rob & Treger Strasberg

Humble Design accepts gently used mattress donations and monetary donations for beds. Through its Beds for Kids program, the Furniture Bank was able to raise $30,000 last year with help from local foundations. Twin beds for children are a highly desired item for which both nonprofits expressed a need. To learn more about volunteer opportunities, corporate sponsorships, furniture donations or making a financial gift, please visit humbledesign.org. With your ticket, you will get three hours of play, food and non-alcoholic beverages (cash bar will also be open).

Where do you like to shop or local designers you support? ModMart for furniture, SHE stores, Intermix and Caruso Caruso for me and John Varvatos for Rob. Do you have advice for those who want to start their own nonprofit?

His paintings are “moments, an expression of time within a journey”.

Both nonprofits expressed that there is a great need for these kinds of services. The Furniture Bank of Southeastern Michigan is a stone’s throw away from Humble Design in Pontiac, said Robert Boyle, the furniture bank’s executive director. After renting the house, she purchased the home on her birthday a few years ago. “It gave the kids comfort and me comfort, and I was able to focus on other things. I guess that’s how we were able to stay so long, because they were able to relax more, and I got a better job,” Ashley stated. It all began in 2009 when Treger Strasberg, the CEO and founder of Humble Design, was new to the Detroit area.

Humble Design crew makes dreams come true - Detroit News

Humble Design crew makes dreams come true.

Posted: Fri, 26 May 2017 07:00:00 GMT [source]

Metro Detroit nonprofit furnishes veteran’s new home ahead of Veterans Day

Every meeting I took with community leaders or knowledgeable individuals ended with me making one more friend. I love the way the communities take responsibility for the other’s well-being. Their efforts are documented in “Motor City Rising,” a three-part series about artists and designers in Detroit on the Ovation network (the last installment will be shown June 15). With your support, Humble Design can help our clients embark on a brighter future. Humble Design furnished its 1,000th home in early 2019, nearly 10 years after the project began. Demand and impact have increased dramatically since then as the charity served its second 1,000 clients in two years thanks to expansion and local sponsorships that have ensured sustainability in more markets.

The average fashion post drove 43 percent more engagement and garnered 51 percent more video views year-over-year. Other football players also used their red carpet looks to pay homage to their upbringings. Arnold, who was traded to the Detroit Lions, was one football player who used his NFL Draft red carpet suit to pay homage to his roots.

Humble Design is a nonprofit that helps families transitioning out of homeless shelters by providing furnishings and design services. The organization turns empty houses into clean, dignified and welcoming homes — a very simple idea that can change a family's future. Founded in 2009, the organization primarily serves single parents with children and veteran families.

We called all these places, and they all responded, “Hey that’s really a great idea, there’s nobody out there who does that! ” By the ninth phone call, Ana and I looked at each other and knew we had found a hole in the system. People are pouring in to celebrate football, the city and have a good time. “What I found was a world of music, culture, art, food and friends. However, I was always very aware and often reminded by friends of the great divide in this city,” Strasberg said.

Upon discovering that her new friend, a mother of two, was homeless, she helped the family find a new place but soon realized that it wasn’t enough. The family was sleeping on the floor, and that was a thought that Strasberg could not bear, so she got to work. Diamond, a single mom with 9-year-old twin girls and an infant boy, has been without a home since the place she was renting in 2019 became uninhabitable due to issues the landlord wouldn't address. With the safety of her children in mind, she was finally able to secure a new house in July, but they have very few comforts and possessions to make it a home.