Let’s Build Beds, a local organization which provides children in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan a safe and comfortable place to sleep, have partnered with Cherry Street Mission ministries workforce development to prepare materials used to build the beds.
Let’s Build Beds has built close to 5,000 beds in the last six years to give to children in the community. This year, nine students from Cherry Street’s workforce development building trades class assisted in the preparation of materials which will help 22 children have a bed of their own. Once the beds are built, volunteers deliver and help set up the bedframe. A new coil spring mattress is 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.
For more information about how to get involved, 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 and 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 two to three months. For more information, visit cherrystreetmis sion.org/workforce-develop ment/.
