A house fire on Cleveland's East Side, believed to have been started by kids with fireworks destroyed plans for a transitional home for at-risk youth who have aged out of foster care.
CLEVELAND — A house on Cleveland’s East Side that went up in flames over the 4th of July was more than just a house to India Gardner—it is the future headquarters of her nonprofit.“Hart House is a nonprofit organization that caters to young adults aging out of foster care,” she said.“If we don’t give these babies the opportunities to be successful, then where will they be and what will they have? That was the purpose of Hart House,” said Gardner.
“I don’t think there’s a word in the vocabulary that can explain how we felt when we received this property. It’s a beautiful, 6-bedroom home,” she said. “We were prepared to receive this home and see the faces of the youth, to see how they would feel coming through the door.” “If they have a safe place and structure in their life, then they are more willing or they have a greater opportunity to be successful in their life,” she said.“We actually took a photo together on the inside and we said, 'Once you renovate this house and you open it, we are going to want some kind of memory about what it was like when you started,'” said Maurer.
Gardner said she will rebuild and start again, but said it’s only possible if she receives the community’s help.
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