Fast Facts
- An estimated 250,000 children in need sleep on the floor each night.
- In 2008, Barnabas gave new beds to over 400 children who would otherwise be sleeping on the floor. In all, The Barnabas Network has provided beds for more than 750 children.
- The amount of daily waste each American creates has doubled within the past 35 years.
- Each person creates more than four pounds of waste each day.
- According to the Reuse Development Organization, reuse provides an environmentally preferred alternative to other waste management because it reduces air, water and land pollution and limits the need for new natural resources.
- The Barnabas Network helps ensure the reuse of about 300 pieces of furniture per month.
- Over 600,000 people are released from US prisons each year. Two-thirds of those will end up back in prison in two years. Lack of employment is a major barrier to successful reentry.
- The Barnabas Network offers work and training to ex-offenders to help them transition to permanent work and successful lives.
- In North Carolina, 25% of children under the age of five live in homes that fall below the federal poverty level.
- The Barnabas Network helps children who start life at a disadvantage.
- Nearly 1,000 children—and possibly more—in Guilford County schools are homeless.
- In the six-month period from June 2008 to December 2008, The Barnabas Network provided furniture and beds to 83 families transitioning from homelessness.
- Since 2007, The Barnabas Network has given new mattress sets to more than 750 children.
Service Statistics (June - December 2008)
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