A Sense of Home charity helps former foster children
Georgie Smith, left, co-founder and director of A Sense of Home, with Max Plunkett, 24, in front of Plunkett’s new apartment.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Max Plunkett’s new apartment before a squad of volunteers decorated it with gently used and donated items.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Volunteer Brooke Nevin is reflected in a mirror inside Max Plunkett’s apartment.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Max Plunkett’s living room transformed by volunteers from A Sense of Home.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Within hours, Max Plunkett’s empty apartment is transformed. Her high school diploma is displayed in her living room.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Plunkett’s apartment is decorated with gently used furniture and housewares by A Sense of Home.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Some of the furnishings for Max Plunkett’s new apartment.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Max Plunkett, left, speaks with Laura Wagner, a board member with A Sense of Home.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Volunteers with A Sense of Home carry in furnishings for Max Plunkett’s apartment.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Georgie Smith, co-founder and director of A Sense of Home, is reflected in a mirror outside Max Plunkett’s new apartment.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Volunteers with A Sense of Home help with the move.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Poet and artist Max Plunkett, 24, was a foster child who aged out of the system. Her apartment was the 100th one A Sense of Home helped decorate since it formed in 2014.
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