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We are so thankful to First Resource Bank for sponsoring a Children’s Bedding Drive for us.

Our 2017 Impact Report is now available! Click here to download the report, or you can view it on our Financials page. As you’ll see, 2017 was another exciting year for OHAAT and...

We’re excited to have the support of PrintRunner, an online printing resource located in Van Nuys, California! Their Nonprofit Sponsorship Program was created to help organizations like OHAAT get high-quality printing at a reduced cost. They help us with...

Seventeen-year-old Charlotte Murray has a passion for sewing and for using that skill to help others. As a student at William Penn Charter School, she started a project that not only teaches other...

On June 16 – 17, we participated in another Sleepover and Bed Giveaway sponsored by Core States Group and hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia. The first event was held...

By Becky Sedmak, OHAAT’s Executive Director. We are thrilled to have the support of Royal Bank America! Last month they presented me with a check that will sponsor five children in our Beds for Kids program. Sponsorship includes a...

This post was written by Megan Weisser, OHAAT’s Program Coordinator. I started as OHAAT’s Program Coordinator for the Beds for Kids Program 2 years ago this September, and I’ve learned A LOT! Bedlessness is a real issue: Before working...

Last month Fox Chase Bank’s President and CEO Tom Petro presented a $5,000 check to OHAAT’s Board Chair Ken Barber and me. This funding, which comes from Fox Chase Bank’s Charitable Foundation, will allow us to...

Tonight is the 2016 Sleep Out for Bedlessness, an event created and sponsored by OHAAT in order to raise awareness about the problem of bedlessness. If you haven’t heard of the Sleep Out,...

Thanks to a grant from The Quaker Chemical Foundation, OHAAT’s Beds for Kids program was able to provide beds for 19 children living in Norristown. “We are incredibly grateful to Quaker Chemical,” said Becky Sedmak, OHAAT’s Executive Director. “Norristown...

This is a guest post from OHAAT volunteer Billy Kelso. Billy first started volunteering in January 2015, and he’s currently a sophomore at Temple University. As a college student, waking up early on Saturday morning isn’t the easiest thing...

OHAAT and Bryn Athyn College (BAC) teamed up on MLK Day for a service event benefiting OHAAT’s Beds for Kids program. Thirty volunteers from BAC – both students and professors – spent several hours delivering beds, sorting books, and making blankets...

Diane McGrath, a third grade teacher in Springfield Township, encourages her students to do just as Gandi said: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” One way that Diane teaches this lesson is through OHAAT’s Beds...

Fox Chase Bank has been supporting OHAAT for over eight years now, and with each year, their generosity grows. In March, the Fox Chase Bank Charitable Foundation gave OHAAT $4,500 to purchase mattress and foundation sets for children in our...