Fresno – Volunteers load an old dresser and a couple lawn chairs into a storage unit – donations for local foster teens.
"It's a big responsibility. Especially when you don't have a family or you don't have people to rely on. It's real hard and the programs that they provide you helps out a lot," said Sade Brown, who is a beneficiary of the donation drive.
She is one of the 4,000 California teenagers who age out of the state's foster care system every year.
Once they turn 18, they're on their own.
But not everyone is ready to make it by themselves.
"So many kids being emancipated from the system and becoming homeless or incarcerated," said Caroline Harris, with Aspiranet, the organizers of the donation drive.
Aspiranet is a non-profit that provides transitional housing programs for young adults.
They asked the community for donations of furniture, work clothes, and appliances, and Fresno delivered.
"I know I'm helping someone else out that needs help. Just like when I needed help. So I understand," said Antonio Baker, who donated furniture.
For kids who've been shuffled through the foster care system and never found permanent families, the donations from strangers mean a lot.
"It feels good to know that people actually care. And they see that people need help, and they're willing to help," said Brown.
Aspiranet also provides financial help and career guidance to foster teens, all with the goal of helping them become independent adults.
