Chuck Miller

For the past five years, Charles (Chuck) Miller has helped make student’s homes more livable by delivering to them beds and furniture.  Chuck picks up donated furniture, repairs it when necessary and is always shopping for the best deals at resale and retail shops.  This is a true labor of love.

Schools know that students don’t learn well if they don’t get a good night’s sleep. Chuck has gone into apartments of students to find that their family has nothing but a few blankets.  He always does his best to fill the apartment with the essentials--and sometimes more.

He has delivered dining tables so students and their families have a place to eat and do homework.  Bunk beds are a welcome site for students who share their room with many siblings. Chest-of-drawers keep down clutter and help students learn to organize themselves.  Sofas give the family a place to sit and a sense of normalcy in their lives.

Chuck and his friend Don Ray are both retired and yet they manage to carry furniture up narrow staircases to countless apartments.  They are members of the Chapelwood United Methodist Church’s all volunteer “Year Round Manna Program”, which has been helping families for over ten years.  All families must be referred for these services and the numbers served just keep growing.

At the end of 2006, Chuck had helped students from 24 different SBISD schools.