Just the look on this little guy's face tells the story of what a difference Deb's Beds make in the world. Before this, he had no bed to sleep in, and had to sleep on the floor or on his clothes. Deb's Beds changed all that.
Chris Alphen, President of the Rotary Club of Littleton, started Deb's Beds, an organization dedicated to providing comfortable furniture for children to sleep on. Using his own warehouse or large spaces provided by local businesses or civic groups, he organizes regular bed-building events to help kids like this one. The materials are financed by funding from grants, other Rotary Clubs, religious and non-sectarian organizations, local companies, and individual donors. The labor is provided by volunteers - Rotarians, scouts and students, seniors and teens, employees from local companies, firefighters and police, and friends and neighbors who just want to help. When the individual pieces of the bed have been assembled, Chris and members of his team deliver the beds, a new mattress, and bedding to the family's home and complete the assembly of the beds there. Under Chris's leadership dozens of beds are delivered after each bed-building event. Chris is the epitome of a Rotarian - a true example of Service Above Self. No child deserves to sleep on the floor, and Chris wants to make sure that doesn't happen.
