Elks Lodge hosts Sleep in Heavenly Peace build day, crafts 30 beds for kids in need

Volunteers for the SHP "Build Day" that took place on Saturday at the Elks Lodge in Rochester (Courtesy photo)

ROCHESTER - The Rochester Elks hosted a "Sleep in Heavenly Peace Build Day" at their Columbus Avenue lodge on Saturday.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a nationwide volunteer-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to building and delivering hand-made, fully furnished beds to children in need. SHP's mission is to provide free beds to children who don't have one. SHP estimates that nearly 3 percent of the children that make up the U.S. population do not have their own real bed.

This was a fantastic day with seven Rochester Elk members and 30 additional volunteers helping with the setup, manufacture, and cleanup of the bed manufacturing process. The work was conducted in the Elks parking lot located at 295 Columbus Avenue in Rochester. Volunteers built 30 twin-size bed kits for children in the Lilac City community that currently don't have one. Beds were built from scratch with materials and instruction provided by the Sleep in Heavenly peace representatives.

If you or your group are interested in volunteering for a "Build Day" or want more information about the program, please visit https://shpbeds.org/chapter/nh-rochester

The Rochester Elks Lodge #1393 has close to 1,000 members and is involved in various initiatives including Scholarships, Americanism and Patriotic programs, Veterans Activities, Youth Activities, Drug Awareness programs for our youth and community based projects in the Rochester Area. To find out more about them please visit: www.elks.org