Iona Preparatory Students Build Bunk Beds for Children in Need

New Rochelle NY

21 October, 2020

12:22 PM

Description

Iona Preparatory Upper School Students Build Bunk Beds For Children in Need All-Boys, New Rochelle PK-12 Catholic School Partners with Sleep in Heavenly Peace for Outdoor Community Service Project NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 2020) – A dozen students from Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle participated in an outdoor community service project with the Rye Chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) , to help less fortunate kids who are sleeping without the benefit of beds, blankets or even pillows. The Iona Prep students were given tools to build three bunk beds from scratch that will be delivered to three families in need in the Port Chester/Rye and New Rochelle areas. “SHP is very excited to partner with Iona Prep, to work together at getting Westchester's kids off the floor and into their very own beds.” Matt Ambrogi, NY-Rye Chapter President, SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE. Iona Preparatory Assistant Director of Campus Ministry Justin Pellegrino described it as part of the natural evolution of the school’s Advocacy Program, which compels students to see beyond the service they are performing to the roots of the socio-economic issues that necessitate it. “With two annual service trips to New York City, our boys have previously gotten a taste of homelessness during overnights in Manhattan,” Pellegrino said. “Today, we have symbolically taken the next step by building beds to help needy families in our area.” Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) is a 501(c)3 national non-profit whose mission is to end child bedlessness. For more information visit: https://www.shpbeds.org/chapter/ny-rye