Help Support Children Living in Poverty by Joining our Paint a Bed Project!

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Paint a Bed:

One of the ways A Bed for Every Child can keep up with the growing demand is to build our own twin bed frames. After the completion of the bed frames they need to be painted - so if you like to paint, this is a project just for you!

Qualifications:

• You do not need to be a professional painter to volunteer for this project whatsoever!

Ideal Volunteer:

• Positive attitude
• Team player
• At least 15 years old with parental supervision
• Ability to kneel, sit, stand, and or/lift with ease

Available to participate on Thursday June 14, 2018, from 10:00a until 12:00p

Sign up here: https://goo.gl/zyHfQp

Program Background:

Five years ago, advocates from the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless were offering homeless prevention resources for families at a public school when a teacher approached them. The teacher shared that many of her students were coming to school extremely tired because they did not have a bed. Knowing that many of the students’ parents simply could not afford to purchase one, she wondered if the Coalition could help get beds for some of her students. That one inquiry launched A Bed for Every Child, a program that works with public schools, as well as other community organizations, to provide access to free new twin beds for children in need throughout Massachusetts.

It is not hard to understand why teachers would be key identifiers of these children, as we know sleep plays a significant role in a child’s ability to learn. The American Sleep Association, who endorses the work of A Bed for Every Child, has done research in this area which shows that lack of sleep has a negative impact on a student’s concentration, memory, and ability to learn. Studies have shown that for children, the amount of sleep they are able to get directly impacts their academic potential and children who have more sleep achieve higher in math, science, and reading. In contrast, children who get little sleep are more likely to have behavioral problems, be prone to general moodiness, and have difficulty living up to their potential.

Although A Bed for Every Child knows that a bed alone is not going to solve poverty, we do know that giving a child all the tools they need to receive an education can help them break the cycle and lift them out of poverty as an adult.

A Bed for Every Child receives over 150 referrals a month of children in need from Springfield to Cape Cod.

Visit our webpage to learn more: https://www.abedforeverychild.org/