Organization Guide: Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Build a Bed. Change a Child's Night. 

In communities across the United States, thousands of children sleep on the floor every night. Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring “that no kid sleeps on the floor in our town.” Volunteers can build, deliver, or provide bedding for bunk beds so children have a safe, comfortable place to sleep.

Build Day

• Purpose: Help build bunk beds for children in need. 
• What You’ll Do: Volunteers work together with local SHP leaders to turn lumber into beds. Tasks may include sanding wood, drilling pieces, assembling bed frames, staining wood, and preparing for delivery. 
• Impact: Each completed bed helps ensure a child has a safe place to sleep instead of the floor.

Bed Delivery

• Purpose: Deliver completed beds to families in your community. 
• What You’ll Do: Volunteers assist local SHP leaders with delivering beds and setting them in the child’s home. Complete with making beds with sheets, blankets, and pillows. 
• Impact: Volunteers see firsthand the difference a bed makes.

Bedding Drive

• Purpose: Collect new bedding items for children receiving beds. 
• What You’ll Do: Volunteers will host and collect bedding sets for twin-size bunk beds. Twin sheets, pillows, comforters, or bed-in-abag sets. 
• Impact: Every bed delivered includes bedding to ensure every bed delivered is ready for a child’s first night.

Resources

• Visit www.shpbeds.org/chapters/ to find a chapter. 
• Contact your local SHP chapter. 
• Work with your club advisor to find the right option for your club.