Waubay community helps create beds for kids in need

Shawn Andres is a newcomer the Sleep in Heavenly Peace Sisseton chapter who was on scene at Waubay last weekend for a bed build event. Here, he helps measure and cut 2x4s for the other volunteers to use to start building beds. Reporter & Farmer | Connor Handrahan
Shawn Andres is a newcomer the Sleep in Heavenly Peace Sisseton chapter who was on scene at Waubay last weekend for a bed build event. Here, he helps measure and cut 2x4s for the other volunteers to use to start building beds. Reporter & Farmer | Connor Handrahan

Our Savior’s Lutheran youth group in Waubay hosted the last bed build of the year for Sleep in Heavenly Peace’s Sisseton chapter Oct. 25. Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a national non-profit dedicated to building beds for kids, age 3-17, who have no bed for their own.

Brie Soldier, Youth Director for Our Savior’s Lutheran youth group organized the event. Soldier said within the last year, she has been …