Sleep in Heavenly Peace bed build day

Monday, March 1, 2021

DAR/Paul Davis

About 40 people turned out Saturday to volunteer for the Sleep in Heavenly Peace organization's bed building event.Up to 40 children's beds were expected to be competed during the event.

Keira Willis drills into a board, which will be used to construct a children's bed by the Sleep In Heavenly Peace organization.
Kelly Willis supervises her 10-year-old son, Ethan Willis, as he drills into a board during Saturday's bed building event.
Keith Bowman (left) and Billy Lawrence dip sections of the wooden bed frames into a staining solution, one of the final steps of the building process.
David Sievers sands the edges of a board before it is joined to others to make a bed frame.

Mary Armes dips a headboard into a tank of wood stain, one of the final steps in the building process.
Angie Bowman uses a countersink drill bit to create the holes where the pieces of a wooden headboard will be joined together.
T.J. Evans uses a circular saw to cut 1X4 boards to length.
Greg Gilberto (left) and Scott Gilmore screw sections of boards together, which will become the siderails on a children's bed.