Who We Are

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The quarantine of 2020 disconnected our communities not only from each other, but from the sources of aid that they relied on, such as thrift stores and food banks (remember that day when the world shut down?)

In June of 2020, we created a virtual free marketplace to find local people who could benefit from the items we already had to donate. Little did we know that WLA would grow weekly by the hundreds, reaching other states and distant countries!

In the following months, we realized that unlike donating to a thrift store, seeing the faces of the families and individuals who we were giving to changes not only their lives, but ours. When we can meet face to face, voice to voice, simply with the hope to make someone's life a little better, our hearts open and we begin to erase the differences that divide us.

And so, the mission to become a nonprofit mobilize our community began!

WLA isn't just another donation center or community resource. It's not just a place to drop off your stuff and move on with your life. Our goal is to make it easy for YOU, your kids, your friends and your neighbors to make a difference in someone's life no matter how busy, broke or broken you are.

Whether you're passing on clothes your kids have outgrown, Marie Kondo-ing your home and decluttering your garage, feeding a family with an Amazon grocery delivery or helping us pick up and deliver items, there is no greater expression of love than a simple selfless act of kindness. 

Regardless of status, background, race, color or political opinions... WLA is determined to unite our world and restore the faith, hope and love that we all so desperately need!