Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SLP)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) is a group of volunteers dedicated to building, assembling and
delivering hand-made bunk beds to children and families in need.
SHP was founded in 2012. By the end of 2018, it had grown into a charity spanning 44 states with 240+ chapters, and operating in four different countries.
SHP has no paid employees and 100% of the donations go directly into the beds and deliveries. It is a nationwide program, but there is a Des Moines chapter so everything stays local. Most of the recipients are single mothers who have been on hard times and can't afford furniture for their kids. Usually the kids are sleeping on the floor or a couch.
There will be a
Bed Build Day
Monday, July 20
5:30-7:30PM.
You will be able to sign up on the sheet
in the entryway or online; our website will have a link to an online signup.
To go along with the new beds, we will be collecting
boys' and girls' twin comforters,
twin bed-in-a-bag sets, and
standard bed pillows.
We will deliver the donated bedding the day of our bed build, so please get your donations to us as early as possible.
One Bed in a Bag set has:
* twin comforter
* twin fitted sheet
* twin flat sheet
* pillowcase
Bags for Bidwell
The Bidwell Pantry needs used grocery bags to help pantry guests carry their groceries.
The bags can be paper, cloth, or the usual plastic. Since the pantry serves an average
of 5,000 individuals a month and each shopper uses 2-3 bags, they need a lot of bags.
There's a tub in the church entryway where you can put your donated bags. We plan to
continue collecting these throughout the year, so please keep bringing them in.
Adel (Good Samaritan) Food Pantry
This month's personal item is shampoo.
Please place your donation in the marked tub in the church entryway.
Learn more about the
food pantry here
and here.
