LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Six years ago, Tom Recktenwald was watching the nightly news when a story came on about an Idaho-based organization that gives children a safe place to sleep at night.
What You Need To Know
- The West Louisville chapter of national nonprofit Sleep in Heavenly Peace has delivered more than 1,300 beds over seven years
- The nonprofit held its “Build a Bed” event Saturday, delivering beds to children in need
- Tom Recktenwald, president of Sleep in Heavenly Peace’s West Louisville chapter, said this year’s event saw the biggest turnout yet
That moment stuck with him, enough to make a call that would lead to changing the lives of children in Louisville.
Recktenwald, president of Sleep in Heavenly Peace’s West Louisville chapter, teamed up with the national Sleep in Heavenly Peace founder Luke Mickelson to start a chapter that would serve children in West Louisville…