Hayden Canyon students work with nonprofit to build beds for youths in need
Hayden Canyon Charter eighth graders Levi Dunn, left, and Kai Erikson use a drill press to punch holes into boards Dec. 10 as they preassemble 10 twin beds with the Sleep in Heavenly Peace nonprofit. The beds will be delivered to Coeur d'Alene children in need in mid-January.
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Seventh grader Autumn Parks sands a piece of lumber Dec. 10 at Hayden Canyon Charter as part of a project to build 10 twin beds for Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which will deliver the beds to local children in need in January.
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Seventh grader Rowan Stowe, second from left, inspects a board Dec. 10 while preparing lumber for beds that will go to local children in need. From left: Trey Fisher, Rowan, Brax Dahlstrom, Colton Flitcroft and Jackson Lundy.
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Sleep in Heavenly Peace Spokane Chapter President Lenny Wolf works with Hayden Canyon students Dec. 10 as 10 twin beds are preassembled. The beds will be completely furnished with mattresses, sheets and comforters when they are delivered to children in need in January.
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HAYDEN — Wearing safety gloves and magenta headphones with a galaxy design, Autumn Parks rested a long piece of lumber on a picnic table as she smoothed out the edges.
“I’m sanding it down so nobody gets splinters when they go to bed," she said.
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