EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Volunteers picked up hammers and power tools Saturday to help build beds for local children in need as part of a nationwide effort.
Lowe’s and Sleep in Heavenly Peace partnered for the annual Bunks Across America initiative; this is the organization’s largest single bed-building event of the year. This year, the nationwide goal was to build 12,000 beds for children who do not have a bed of their own.
Locally, organizers say, volunteers built more than 200 beds for children in El Paso and Las Cruces, helping provide a safe and comfortable place to sleep…