Since arriving in America as a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo, Laurence Uwtonze is always amazed by the open hearts of everyone she meets in her new home.
She arrived through Catholic Charities less than two years ago and has adjusted to life in Texas and life in the fifth grade. But she wasn’t the biggest fan of the old bunk and lumpy mattress she inherited.
That all changed on Sunday, when she walked into the AT&T Center and didn’t see any basketballs, but saw a brand new bed with her name on it.
Through Ashley Furniture’s Hope to Dream program, 50 children between ages 3 and 16 received their own mattresses, comforters, sheets and pillows on Sunday, with the beds waiting for them on the AT&T Center court.