Leigh Reid & Karen Nielsen
Meet Karen Nielsen and Leigh Reid, two former social workers turned co-owners of HighJinx, a non-registered not-for-profit. HighJinx is a gently used furniture store with a social conscience. The storefront on Somerset Street West sells a variety of modern and retro furniture, as well as home decor, housewares and art by local artists. But in the basement, it stockpiles second-hand furnishings that are free for the asking.
Owners Leigh Reid and Karen Nielsen, both moms and former social workers, have been friends for five years. They decided to open the store as a way to give immediate help to those in need. “In traditional social work, you are not able to do that,” Nielsen says. “You are bound by traditional ethics and boundaries. “Someone living on the street wants a home … we’ve learned that providing four walls and a roof is only the beginning…Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Lending+helping+hand/5486413/story.html#ixzz1iEkH42Ml
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