Sunday Stand Up 1/19/20
Growing up, Ezra was told to keep quiet about things that weren’t in his parents’ interest. Coping with his silence was always a struggle and as the opinionated child turned into an obstinate young man, Ezra flocked to pursue his own passions. What he cared about were the people and what started off as light charity work at food drives or soup kitchens eventually turned him to Habitat for Humanity. Upon graduating college, Ezra founded his own nonprofit organization in support of building better communities for the people. Extend Nest started off as a building project; fixing up homes, rebuilding, and ultimately building from the ground up. Extend Nest’s first main project was their official community which is what donned the Ezra Donahue Foundation with its new brand name: Extend Nest. The organization officially began on the outskirts of town on a 16-acre lot. Private homes were built and established and Ezra became the landlord of a low-income housing community. Because of Extend Nest, many formerly homeless people have been able to get back into the working class of society. Single parents have been able to afford rent and keep their children safe and educated. All they needed was a little help and a community that believed in and supported them.