Nearly three percent of American children don’t have a bed, according to data collected by organizations like Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
Volunteers come together in Suamico on Wednesday nights to build twin beds, but they’re asking you to help make a difference.
“We provide beds for kids in the local area who don’t have a bed of their own to sleep on. Any kids – ages 3 to 17 – if they don’t have a bed, we’re there to provide one for them,” De Pere Sleep in Heavenly Peace Co-President Dan Vermeulen said.
Vermeulen said he decided to bring the non-profit group to Northeast Wisconsin after his wife died in 2015.
Vermeulen says he has always valued volunteering, and their group first started with 265 donated beds in their first year. They have a goal of building and donating more than 800 beds to children in need this year.
“When you pull up in front of a house, and there’s four little faces plastered in the front window, looking at you and waiting for you to come in with their bed. That makes your day,” Vermeulen said.