A Delaware County nonprofit is helping foster parents by providing free essentials to families in need, writes Madeleine Wright for CBS News Philadelphia.

Fostering Hope Delco runs a closet in the basement of Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Norwood filled with T-shirts, pajamas, shoes, winter coats, hats, gloves, and more.

It’s a place where foster parents shop for free. The closet is open twice a month for foster parents who register.

“It is something that we know will go a long way within a family and in a child’s life,” Tristan Gansky said.

Gansky founded Fostering Hope Delco and understands how it can be hard to make ends meet when you’re raising foster children.

Gansky and her husband raised three biological children when they took in three foster siblings.

“That weekend, we had to go buy a new vehicle, and we had to buy a new dining room table, and we had to buy two more beds, and then we had to buy them clothing,” Gansky said. “In a weekend, I think we dropped about ten grand.”

She created the nonprofit to offer the support she wished she had as a foster mom.

The nonprofit will serve about 300 children this year. Find out more about Fostering Hope Delco at CBS News Philadelphia.