Lowe's helps build bunks
Lowe’s recently assisted the Sleep in Heavenly Peace nonprofit organization and its building of 3,000 bunk beds.
This was the first year the organization hosted Bunks Across America, which brought together more than 6,000 volunteers in 110 cities. The charity looks to assist families and children who don’t have a bed to sleep in.
Volunteers, including Lowe's associates, build bunk beds for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
Lowe’s contributed $350,000 in product for the event and hosted bunk bed building events in the parking lots of 14 stores. Associates from each store volunteered and helped construct the beds.
At its North Atlanta location, 150 volunteers built 40 beds. According to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an estimated 3,400 children in Atlanta do not have a bed to sleep in.
In Omaha, Neb., 50 beds were built and are being given to flood victims. About 250 beds were built in South Dakota.
This isn’t the first time Lowe’s stores have partnered with Sleep in Heavenly Peace. The original chapter began in 2012 in Twin Falls, Idaho with support from its local Lowe’s store.
“We know that every town has the same problem that we see and that’s kids sleeping on the floor,” said Luke Michelson, the organization’s founder. “We’re not going to have kids sleep on the floor in our town if we have anything to do with it.”
This was the first year the organization hosted Bunks Across America, which brought together more than 6,000 volunteers in 110 cities. The charity looks to assist families and children who don’t have a bed to sleep in.
Volunteers, including Lowe's associates, build bunk beds for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.Lowe’s contributed $350,000 in product for the event and hosted bunk bed building events in the parking lots of 14 stores. Associates from each store volunteered and helped construct the beds.
At its North Atlanta location, 150 volunteers built 40 beds. According to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an estimated 3,400 children in Atlanta do not have a bed to sleep in.
In Omaha, Neb., 50 beds were built and are being given to flood victims. About 250 beds were built in South Dakota.
This isn’t the first time Lowe’s stores have partnered with Sleep in Heavenly Peace. The original chapter began in 2012 in Twin Falls, Idaho with support from its local Lowe’s store.
“We know that every town has the same problem that we see and that’s kids sleeping on the floor,” said Luke Michelson, the organization’s founder. “We’re not going to have kids sleep on the floor in our town if we have anything to do with it.”