April 16, 2024 – TOLEDO (Ohio) – Every child deserves a bed of their own to sleep in at night. Let’s Build Beds, a local organization that provides children in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan a safe and comfortable place to sleep, has partnered with Cherry Street Mission Ministries Workforce Development to prepare the bed materials used to build the beds.
Let’s Build Beds has built nearly 5,000 beds in the last 6 years to give to children in the community. This year, 9 students from Cherry Street’s Workforce Development Building Trades class assisted in preparation of the bed materials that will help 22 children have a place of their own to dream. Once the beds are built, volunteers deliver and help set up the children’s new bedframe. A new coil spring mattress is then placed on top along with a new set of twin size sheets, comforter and pillow.
“We are thrilled to be a part of a solution to help children in the community while providing a learning opportunity for our Building Trades students.” says Devon Fitzpatrick, Workforce Development Manager at Cherry Street. “We strive to find innovative ways to make a difference and create a win-win partnership that benefits both Let’s Build Beds as well as children in need.”
For more information about how you can become involved with Let’s Build, visit letsbuild.org.
Cherry Street Mission Ministries Workforce Development program offers a combination of technical skills, hands-on training and job readiness skills to help individuals find gainful employment. Classes are offered in Building Trades, Welding, Tool & Die, Auto Technology, Office Specialist, and Culinary Arts and are open to the community and free of direct cost to the student. Students complete classes on a part-time basis and can be completed in 2-3 months. For more information, visit cherrystreetmission.org/workforcedevelopment/.