Old Barns for Kids!
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Helping Kids One Old Barn at a Time!
Our kids are the future of our country, but so many get left behind. Born into a life where they don't have the choices you, I or our kids do. Hungry, homeless, bouncing from home to home in the foster system, abused and much more. It's not fair to these kids. They did not ask for this. That is why I am starting "Reclaim for Youth". To give back to these kids and hopefully offer them a shot at a better life.
Old & Forgotten.... But it Can have a New Life and Help Some Needy Kids at the Same Time!
I'm Jim Carlberg. I have been in the printing industry and the sport of rugby for over 30 years. For the past 5 to 10 years, I have been working with At Risk Youth and other young kids. Teaching them rugby through summer camps, after school programs and within our local foster care program. While spending time with these kids, I came to the harsh realization as to what they have been born into. Lives they did not chose, but are stuck living. Bouncing from home to home. Never having a consistent pillow to lay their heads down on at night. Being hungry. Not knowing where their next meal is going to come from and missed birthdays or Christmases. It's heart wrenching. Yes there are lot of worthy programs out there needing support for endangered or abused animals, diseases, starving overseas kids and many many more. I want to concentrate on helping our kids. Our youth who came into this world alone or who were thrown into a world without the choices you and I have. It's not fair that these kids have to fight for survival every single day of their lives when there are so many resources here in America that can give them a start to a better life. Without our help, these kids WILL fall through the cracks and start this sensless cycle of hopelessness all over again.
Kids Getting to be Kids & Having Fun at the Same Time!
That is why I am starting Reclaimed for Youth. Where myself and others will be reclaiming old barns and aging structures for their materials and donating 25% of all proceeds back into these kid's programs. Old barn boards will be turned back into handsome hardwood floors, wall treatments and other unique rustic decor. Salvaged barn beams will become beautiful fireplace mantles and one of a kind pieces of furniture. The list of possibilities are endless. This process will Give a New Life to these old structures and decaying pieces of our American Heritage. Then at the same time we will be giving back to our youth that need it so desperately through the sales of these reclaimed materials. Our youth that is the future of our country. There is no reason the less fortunate should have any less of a chance at a bright future than that of our own kids.
New Life for some Old Barn Beams!
The funds we are raising will be going towards equipment needed to safely tear down these old structures. Most of them are unsafe and we will require some heavy equipment, lifts, tools and trailers for hauling the materials back to our shop. At our shop everything will be cleaned, sorted. The materials will then be sold back as bulk lumber and/or and some will be kept here so we can turn it into full retail furniture, flooring and other home decor. Which will in return create a higher profit margin that our "Giving Back Program" is based on.
We are located in Central Illinois. The land of "Cows & Corn". Because of that, We have an old barn on just about every country corner. Making our supply pretty much limitless. Please consider this campaign. The children we are going to help cannot always help themselves. Who knows, one of these kids might be our president someday, cure the common cold or be the first person to walk on mars. If they spend every day just trying to survive, they will have a very hard time seeing a future with any kind of potential. Please contribute today. Thank you!
Some Old Floor Joists Getting a Re-purposed as a Rustic Table!
Our kids are the future of our country, but so many get left behind. Born into a life where they don't have the choices you, I or our kids do. Hungry, homeless, bouncing from home to home in the foster system, abused and much more. It's not fair to these kids. They did not ask for this. That is why I am starting "Reclaim for Youth". To give back to these kids and hopefully offer them a shot at a better life.
Old & Forgotten.... But it Can have a New Life and Help Some Needy Kids at the Same Time!I'm Jim Carlberg. I have been in the printing industry and the sport of rugby for over 30 years. For the past 5 to 10 years, I have been working with At Risk Youth and other young kids. Teaching them rugby through summer camps, after school programs and within our local foster care program. While spending time with these kids, I came to the harsh realization as to what they have been born into. Lives they did not chose, but are stuck living. Bouncing from home to home. Never having a consistent pillow to lay their heads down on at night. Being hungry. Not knowing where their next meal is going to come from and missed birthdays or Christmases. It's heart wrenching. Yes there are lot of worthy programs out there needing support for endangered or abused animals, diseases, starving overseas kids and many many more. I want to concentrate on helping our kids. Our youth who came into this world alone or who were thrown into a world without the choices you and I have. It's not fair that these kids have to fight for survival every single day of their lives when there are so many resources here in America that can give them a start to a better life. Without our help, these kids WILL fall through the cracks and start this sensless cycle of hopelessness all over again.
Kids Getting to be Kids & Having Fun at the Same Time! That is why I am starting Reclaimed for Youth. Where myself and others will be reclaiming old barns and aging structures for their materials and donating 25% of all proceeds back into these kid's programs. Old barn boards will be turned back into handsome hardwood floors, wall treatments and other unique rustic decor. Salvaged barn beams will become beautiful fireplace mantles and one of a kind pieces of furniture. The list of possibilities are endless. This process will Give a New Life to these old structures and decaying pieces of our American Heritage. Then at the same time we will be giving back to our youth that need it so desperately through the sales of these reclaimed materials. Our youth that is the future of our country. There is no reason the less fortunate should have any less of a chance at a bright future than that of our own kids.
New Life for some Old Barn Beams!The funds we are raising will be going towards equipment needed to safely tear down these old structures. Most of them are unsafe and we will require some heavy equipment, lifts, tools and trailers for hauling the materials back to our shop. At our shop everything will be cleaned, sorted. The materials will then be sold back as bulk lumber and/or and some will be kept here so we can turn it into full retail furniture, flooring and other home decor. Which will in return create a higher profit margin that our "Giving Back Program" is based on.
We are located in Central Illinois. The land of "Cows & Corn". Because of that, We have an old barn on just about every country corner. Making our supply pretty much limitless. Please consider this campaign. The children we are going to help cannot always help themselves. Who knows, one of these kids might be our president someday, cure the common cold or be the first person to walk on mars. If they spend every day just trying to survive, they will have a very hard time seeing a future with any kind of potential. Please contribute today. Thank you!
Some Old Floor Joists Getting a Re-purposed as a Rustic Table!Organizer
James Carlberg
Organizer
Pleasant Plains, IL