West Plains, Mo. - An innovative resource for foster parents in south central Missouri is soaring to new heights with official IRS recognition as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the creation of the organization's first board of directors. The Chaos Closet was created by DeeDee Button and her husband, Ed, in 2019. The idea arose out of necessity when the couple realized, as foster parents themselves, how difficult it could be to procure necessary items, often on short notice, for children placed in their care. Since children are each unique, with their own individual needs, the Buttons wanted to do something to make life easier for not just themselves and their fellow foster parents, but most especially, for the children. A fundraising drive enabled the purchase of a small storage shed that the Buttons placed on their property in West Plains, and The Chaos Closet was born. The free resource has offered foster families within the 37th Judicial Circuit access to clothing, diap