Columbia children's ministry donates money for beds, seeks volunteers for upcoming build
Kids Helping Kids, a children's ministry from First United Methodist Church in Columbia, recently gave “Sleep in Heavenly Peace” nonprofit $500 to help with two beds for children ages 3-17 who do not have them.
Representatives from the group came to speak about child bedlessness. Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a group of volunteers dedicated to building, assembling and delivering beds to children in need in Columbia and surrounding areas. They believe in sharing the need with the community and then providing ways for the community to help meet that need.
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SHP began in October 2022 and has delivered more than 100 beds. Each bed costs about $250 for the wood, hardware, mattress, pillow and bedding. All must be new and are delivered to the children in need in the community.
Their motto is, “No kid sleeps on the floor in our town!”
Sleep in Heavenly Peace will be having another bed build on August 12 at the Skillington Barn in Maury County Park, behind the Senior Citizens Center. Volunteers wanting to help should be there from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Herald: Columbia children's ministry donates money for beds, seeks volunteers for upcoming build
