"She and her fiancé felt that $20 twin air mattress growing smaller and smaller while she laid there pregnant with their first child. She wanted to stop applying rubberized adhesive day after day to keep the air from hissing out at night, especially after two cans of the stuff still didn't do the trick. She just wanted it all to stop."
"Working with the staff of Trinity Center, the couple found an apartment of their own just weeks before little Giovanni entered the world on Aug. 31. They got a hand in furnishing the place, and then aid in applying for jobs to make sure they could afford the rent, right down to the cash needed to pay for Chambers' background checks. The organization's staff even threw a small baby shower to make sure the infant had enough clothes and diapers."
"'We're like: I'm just done with it,' said Chambers' fiancé, Tyrone, recalling how it felt like they had 'no support, no answers.' Tyrone asked only to be identified by his first name. 'If you would have asked us, 'Where do you see yourself in five months from now?' I honestly could not tell you we would be where we're at right now,' Tyrone said. 'And Trinity Center was a big part of that.'"
Taryn Chambers and her fiancé struggled with a leaking $20 twin air mattress while she was pregnant, repeatedly applying rubberized adhesive without success. Working with Trinity Center, the couple secured an apartment weeks before their son Giovanni was born, received help furnishing the home, assistance applying for jobs, and cash for Chambers' background checks. Trinity Center staff organized a baby shower to provide clothes and diapers. The nonprofit began nearly 25 years ago as Fresh Start, operating from a small two-bedroom house to serve meals and basic aid to people experiencing homelessness. Thirteen years ago the operation transitioned into Trinity Center.
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