Carolyn Collins is a custodian at Tucker High School who goes above and beyond to help the students there.

Three years ago, two students came to Carolyn and told her that they were homeless and starving. That’s what made Carolyn start something that has since become the go-to place for any student in need at her school: the Care Closet!

In this closet, Carolyn keeps various supplies that she can share with the homeless students.  These students just need a small boost to help them get through high school so they can get to college and better their lives, and Carolyn is there to provide that for them.

“These are our babies,” Carolyn said. “They just want to learn. I just want to take care of them. Some of them sleeping in cars, some in hotels.”

Many people don’t know that between 2014 and 2015, about 1.2 million students were homeless. These days, Carolyn helps around thirty students at her school with her closet, but she suspects that many more need help.

“There’s probably more of them, but a lot of kids don’t say anything,” Collins said. “I tell the teachers a lot, ‘If you see a child with their head down, the same clothes on day after day, let me know.'”

Carolyn is partly motivated to keep doing this because of the loss of her son, who was killed in a home invasion.

“I’m just trying to keep our young boys from stealing and killing,” Carolyn said, adding that she believes homelessness plays a huge role in leading people to commit crimes. “I’m trying to give ’em all they need in this closet.”

‘I’m doing something for the kids every day,” Carolyn concluded. “Every day. It’s part of my job.”

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