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100 beds delivered to kids in need in two days
Nov. 2, 2019 1:21 pm
Volunteers with nonprofit Sleep in Heavenly Peace delivered 100 twin beds to families in need during the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and
delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteer Daniel Tearse, 13, of Swisher carries a head and footboard as he loads up for a delivery with his parents, Mindy and Dave Tearse, on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Jaylin Barton, 5, helps Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteer Alicia Moyer of Cedar Rapids make the bed while brother Jackson, 4, plays under the top sheet on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
From left, Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers Jason and Alicia Moyer of Cedar Rapids and Mindy Tearse of Swisher load up with bedding at the SHP warehouse in Marion on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Mark Conzett (left), Co-President of the Cedar Rapids-Marion Sleep in Heavenly Peace chapter, welcomes volunteers at the warehouse in Marion on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Tools hang on a board at the Marion warehouse of Sleep in Heavenly Peace on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Head and foot boards are stacked in the warehouse in Marion as Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers prepare for deliveries on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Mark Conzett, Co-President of the Sleep in Heavenly Peace Cedar Rapids and Marion chapter, carries mattresses while helping volunteers load up for deliveries on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers Alicia Moyer of Cedar Rapids (left) and Mindy Tearse of Swisher carry parts of twin-sized bed frames up the stairs of a family's home in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteer Mindy Tearse of Swisher carries a mattress into a bedroom in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers assembled a twin-sized bed in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Background from top left, Daniel Tearse, 13, Dave Tearse and Mindy Tearse of Swisher, and in foreground Jason and Alicia Moyer of Cedar Rapids. Four beds were delivered to this home, for children who previously had none. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteer Dave Tearse of Swisher helps assemble beds in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers assembled beds in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers Dave Tearse of Swisher and Jason Moyer of Cedar Rapids assemble a bed in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
A child helps make his new bed with help from Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Jaylin Barton, 5, helps put a pillowcase on a sibling's new pillow as Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers deliver beds to the family in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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