6,500 Volunteers Build 10,000 Beds For Children Who Don’t Have One Of Their Own

April 24, 2026

More than 6,500 volunteers came together inside the Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina for an extraordinary mission: build 10,000 beds in just 24 hours for children who do not have a bed of their own.

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The massive effort was organized to support Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit dedicated to building and delivering beds to children in need across the United States.

Volunteers from companies and organizations including Lowe's, Bank of America, Honeywell, and Rebuilding Together worked side by side along 16 build lines, transforming raw lumber into finished bed frames.

By the end of the event, the volunteers had built an incredible 10,027 beds.

The scale of the project was staggering. Volunteers used more than 200 miles of lumber, nearly 740,000 wood screws, 2,000 gallons of stain, and thousands of sanding discs to complete the beds. Teams worked in waves, cutting, sanding, assembling, and finishing the frames as hundreds of people moved in sync to keep the production lines going.

For many volunteers, the project hit close to home.

“I’m thinking about my own kids,” said Jenna Restrepo, a product manager at Lowe's. “I’m so fortunate to put them in their own beds. I hope every child feels as safe and comfortable as mine.”

According to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, more than 140,000 children in the U.S. are currently waiting for a bed.

Dr. Douglas Kirsch, medical director of sleep medicine at Atrium Health, emphasized how important proper sleep is for children’s well-being.

“Without consistent, quality sleep, kids fall behind in ways that affect their health and learning,” he said.

The beds built during the event will be distributed to more than 110 chapters of Sleep in Heavenly Peace across 36 states, helping thousands of children finally have a safe and comfortable place to sleep.

Founded in 2012 by Luke Mickelson and Heidi Mickelson in Twin Falls, the nonprofit has already delivered more than 350,000 beds to children in need.

For the children receiving the beds, the volunteers say the details of how they were built are not what matters most.

What matters is that each child will now have a place to sleep — and the comfort, security, and hope that comes with it.