In a storeroom adjacent to the living room, she found a green-painted trunk. The sign tacked to the Trunk said: "Take what you need. Leave what you don't need."

Inside were wool blankets, men's pants that were too large for her, shirts with various words and images imprinted on them, grey long underwear, and many unmatching wool socks. At the bottom of the trunk were white canvas shoes that exactly fit her feet. Helen put the long underwear, a pair of unmatching socks, and the white canvas shoes into her totebag.