Last Week's Speaker
Rotarian Neil Hayes introduced the club to Sleep in Heavenly Peace. This is a charity based in the US but is opening its first Canadian chapter in the Edmonton area. The goal is that no kid sleeps on the floor in our community. Every day schools in Sherwood Park identify the need for beds. Neil has the vision of a Rotary build of bunk beds sometime next year, perhaps May. The beds are actually constructed by volunteers and are supplied complete to kids with mattresses, bed linen, and pillows. Clearly fund raising is required for the materials and hands are required for the builds. Neil is very passionate about addressing an important need in our community. The Rotarians present were moved by Neil's talk and thought there may be an opportunity for us to help.
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