Vancouver nonprofit The Giving Closet at risk of closing [Video]

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver non-profit that has been helping financially-strapped families for nearly a quarter of a century is not facing its own major financial crisis. 

For over 23 years, The Giving Closet has served as a free community store for those in need. It’s in an industrial warehouse space at 2805 NE 65th Avenue off 4th Plain Blvd filled with donated items families need. 

Vancouver native Denise Curry started the charity organization 23 years ago in a much smaller space. It has grown into a 9000 square foot center with some paid staff members and a lot of volunteers making it happen. 

Curry says the irony is: it costs money to offer things up for free. There’s rent, insurance and bills to keep the space …