American Idol Alum Danny Gokey to Gift Box Truck and Tool Bags to Support New Jersey Families in Need This Thursday
Nashville, TN –
Better Than I Found It, the nonprofit organization founded by American Idol alum and three-time GRAMMY® nominee
Danny Gokey, has announced their special “Bus Stop” Giveback event supporting local New Jersey nonprofit
hearts+homes,
providing them with a new Box Truck, along with To Go Tool Bags gifted by Danny’s fans, to support families in need in Cranbury NJ on Thursday, 6/27. “It’s always great to give used furniture to someone in need, but hearts+homes has taken that to a whole other level,” said Gokey. “When I heard about how they take a house and make it a home for a family in need, I knew we had to do something for them. I can’t wait to surprise them.”
During the Giveback event on Thursday, 6/27, Better Than I Found It will be presenting hearts+homes with a new Box Truck allowing them to transport furniture to families in need, as well as To Go Tool Bags gifted by Danny’s fans. hearts+homes will also be celebrating their 4
th birthday as an organization at this special event. hearts+homes provides beautiful, gently used furnishing and home goods to qualified, special-circumstance families, including underemployed, single moms, families emerging from crisis like homelessness and domestic violence, and refugees and immigrants settling into New Jersey’s Mercer and Middlesex counties.
Additional information on Better Than I Found It can be found at
betterthanifoundit.org.
About Better Than I Found It:Better Than I Found It is an outreach arm of Tell Somebody Movement, founded by Danny Gokey. A unique nonprofit, its mission is to empower other good-hearted individuals and organizations to continue their selfless work, bridging the gap between need and resources. The driver is the belief that we can leave the world better than we found it. By shining a light on the good and providing tangible resources to hardworking nonprofits, BTIFI empowers them to continue and amplify their positive impact on communities. See more on
Facebook and
Instagram and at
betterthanifoundit.org.
About hearts+homes:hearts+homes provides beautiful, gently used furnishing and home goods to qualified, special-circumstance families, including underemployed, single moms, families emerging from crisis like homelessness and domestic violence, and refugees and immigrants settling into New Jersey’s Mercer and Middlesex counties.
heartsandhomesnj.org About Danny Gokey:Three-time Grammy Nominee, three-time KLOVE Male Vocalist of the Year, Dove Award winner, and eight-time Dove Award Nominee, Milwaukee native Danny Gokey became a favorite of millions of fans as a Top 3 finalist on Season Eight of
American Idol. Following
Idol, Gokey dropped his first album,
My Best Days and since that time has celebrated a series of No. 1s including his follow up releases
Hope In Front of Me,
Rise,
Haven’t Seen It Yet, holiday albums,
Christmas Is Here and
The Greatest Gift and, most recently,
Jesus People, released in August 2021, which explores a broad spectrum of musical styles. Spawning singles like “Hope In Front of Me”, “Rise,” “The Comeback,” “Love God Love People,” and RIAA Gold-certified “Tell Your Heart to Beat Again” and “Haven’t Seen It Yet,” Danny Gokey has cemented his place on the radio charts with multi-week, multi-chart-topping runs in the United States, Canada, and now Latin markets with the releases of Spanish singles and collaborations. The desire to make a broader impact with his message of hope led to the founding of nonprofit organization
Better Than I Found It, which continues to host 'Bus Stop’ give back events. He and his wife Leyiet also launched
Livin’ la Vida Gokey, a podcast featuring conversations about faith and family. They currently live outside Nashville, TN with their four beautiful children, Daniel, Victoria, Gabriel, and Emanuel. Find out more at
DannyGokey.com.?
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