America's Homeless Children Are in Need of Comfort

Homelessness can happen to anyone including families and children. According to the National Center on Family Homelessness one out of every 50 American children experiences homelessness each year. That's 1.5 million homeless children in the United States. The majority about 75 percent are elementary school aged. Forty two percent are younger than six.

To help homeless children, The Company Store, a catalog and online retailer of various bedding and home furnishings, launched its Buy One, Give One Comforter Donation Program. The program will benefit homeless children across the country; for every comforter purchased from its website or catalog, The Company Store will donate one comforter to a homeless child. The comforter will be one of the few things a child can call their own ?he or she will be able to take it with them when they transition from temporary to permanent housing.

Homeless children get sick, go hungry, repeat grades and develop learning disabilities more often than children with homes. Numerous charitable organizations work to provide relief and shelter to homeless families, but it's difficult to give homeless children a sense of stability.

Hopefully, the Buy One, Give One Comforter Donation Program will raise the spirits of thousands of children and their families as they work to rebuild their lives.