Every child deserves a safe, comfortable place to sleep. The Build a Bed program provides beds, bedding, and bedtime essentials to children and elderly residents in our community who need them most.
In March of 2009, a Kentucky AmeriCorps program began asking local Family Resource and Youth Service Center coordinators about community needs. One of the overwhelming responses they heard repeated time and time again was a desperate need for beds.
The more they investigated, the more stories they heard — children sleeping 6 to a mattress, sleeping with parents and grandparents, sleeping on insulated floors, and sleeping on couches. Many of these children have unimaginably difficult lives during the day, lives affected by poverty, family struggles, educational barriers, and more.
The Housing Authority of Bowling Green, W.R.O.T.E. Foundation, and Independence Bank answered that call. In the past three years alone, the partnership has successfully given away 74 beds to children and elderly residents in Bowling Green.
- Twin/Queen sheet sets
- Books
- Pillows
- Toothbrushes & toothpaste
- Blankets
- Comforters or bedspreads
- Stuffed animals
- Nightlights
- Mattress pad
- Mattress protector
- Mattresses
- Bed metal frames
We can provide a safe, comfortable bed for a child to rest.
We can help improve their physical and emotional well-being.
