Now, the organization itself needs the community's help.

The building used by the Closet's volunteers has been sold and they have to be out by the first of July.

The job of the Community Closet has been to provide needed items such as food, clothes, furniture and whatever else is donated -- all free of charge, to those who need it most.

Sometimes, it's a family that has lost everything to fire that needs their service, but many times, the Closet gives a helping hand to those who have nothing.

According to Melissa Huebener of the Center for Family Development, they are "really praying for another facility to operate out of."

Huebener said last year when the Closet opened that she saw a lot of people who come through their office needing help, but the resources weren't there to give them a hand.

The Closet have helped a total of 900 people since opening in late July of last year, Huebener said. She added that Curtis Stacy of the Bedford County Rescue Unit would hear about situations that families would find themselves in, such as a house fire, and would try to give them a hand with what they needed.

The Closet was formed with the help of South Central Human Resources Agency, the Tony Rice Center, Good Samaritan and the Senior Citizen's Center.

The Center for Family Development also gets calls from the Department of Child Services for help, and callers are directed toward the Closet.

Donation of food to the Closet would be prepackaged into balanced meals and already prepared so that the bags could be handed out to families, she said.

The Closet tries to keep up with who comes in and what is taken, but Huebener also said some have taken advantage of their generosity, "but that's between God and them."

"We here to provide a service that's needed very, very badly in this community. There are people here that do not have 50 cents to spend on a blouse. There are some people who do not have anything period."

It is not for the Closet to judge why they are in that position - it is for them to help, Huebener explained. The Closet's mission statement is from Matthew 25:40: "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

"We don't want to see this fade away just because there is a lack of a facility," she said.

If anyone can help the Closet out with finding a new home, call Huebener at (931) 205-9584 or Stacy at (931) 212-0145.