Care Closet LBC named nonprofit of the year for transformative work with unhoused community
The organization's works 'transcend the way' we should work with homeless people, Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal said.
For many, it's hard to visualize what two million pounds of trash looks like, but Duke Givens, founder and CEO of the local nonprofit Care Closet, doesn't have to imagine.
Since the organization began in 2019, Givens has helped unhoused residents in Long Beach to change their circumstances while helping keep the community clean. Over the last five years, the nonprofit has collected more than two million pounds of trash throughout the City.
"We're getting people housed," said Givens. "We're getting people to find themselves skills that will ultimately set them in a place where they can get employed."
State officials agree, and they recently honored the nonprofit organization Care Closet LBC for its work empowering the unhoused community and maintaining cleanliness in Long Beach.
