SALT LAKE CITY — Stephanie Pickering went through addiction treatment one time before it stuck, living on the streets for years in between. Now sober, life is looking up and she has her own apartment.
This week, she celebrated another milestone: Furniture. She has a place to live and now the pieces that make it feel like home.
On Wednesday, donated furniture was delivered to Pickering after she was nominated for North Star Hope Foundation’s Furnishing Futures program. Over two days, the foundation delivered furniture to five recipients who, like Pickering, are transitioning out of homelessness, addiction recovery, or crisis situations.
Ten years ago, Pickering first fell into addiction, and in 2019, she was incarcerated and then began addiction recovery treatment at Odyssey House, where she now works. After the first round of treatment, Pickering fell back into addiction once again, also experiencing homelessness during that stretch…