Zion’s Closet is our initiative to build resource closets inside Title 1 schools—designed to support students experiencing homelessness and poverty. These spaces provide essential items while supporting educators working to shape the futures of young scholars.
About Zion's Closet
Zion’s Closet is a transformative initiative designed to support students who are unhoused or experiencing poverty by building fully equipped resource closets inside Title 1 schools. These spaces are more than storage—they are thoughtfully designed environments that offer dignity, access, and opportunity.
Inside each Zion’s Closet, students and families can find essential items such as book bags, school supplies, hygiene products, food, shoes, uniforms, and clothing. But it doesn’t stop there. Many closets include washing machines and refrigeration to support families facing housing insecurity, as well as access to fresh food and clean clothes.
We also create spaces that focus on education and literacy—not just for students, but for parents too. Some closets feature a small computer lab for parents to use, helping them apply for jobs, access resources, or stay engaged in their children’s learning journey.
Our Mission and Vision
Zion’s Closet exists to remove the everyday barriers that keep students from thriving in school. We believe no child should have to worry about having clean clothes, basic hygiene, food to eat, or the supplies to complete homework. By meeting these needs directly in the school building, we create a safe, accessible, and affirming space for students to flourish.
Our long-term vision is to support 1 million students through Zion’s Closet. With every school we partner with, every closet we build, and every community that joins in, we are building something far more powerful than a room full of supplies—we’re building futures.
How It Works
We partner with schools, volunteers, and community organizations to transform ordinary classrooms or storage areas into vibrant, functional support hubs. Our team of volunteers and partners come into paint, build, decorate, and stock the closets—creating a space that reflects care, thoughtfulness, and intentional design.
Our first installation launched at Finch Elementary School, and we are expanding through a growing partnership with Fulton County Schools. This model is scalable, sustainable, and deeply rooted in community, and we’re working to replicate it in schools across Georgia and beyond.
