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OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS 3,000 BEDS and with YOU we can deliver every sin-gle one to a child in need. Can you imag-ine your own child without a bed or the security it provides? Neither can we, and that's why we are working with you to provide beds in Uganda and right here at home.
Each $50 gift provides for a bed and when you join our monthly giving team, you can actually give a bigger gift over 12 months than most of us can give at one time. Consider that and click here to give!
BEDS • 1 CO-OPS • 2 BOARD HIGHLIGHT • 3 VOLUNTEERING • 5
DORM MATTRESSES:Headed for a landfill or rescued for a child? Email [email protected] for information about how your college can donate mattresses.
THE REST OF THE STORY
SUMMER 2018
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1 SUMMER 2018
CO-OPS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING WORKyou've helped begin in the last few years. After three years of testing, there are now 46 small businesses throughout Gulu and Kampala.
CO-OPS
12 MEMBERS on average, help support
60 FAMILY MEMBERS EACH
Would you consider changing a whole family’s cur-rent and future life with such a small investment? Click here to give.
$14/MONTH supports 1 CO-OP family
46 GROUPS have launched since
2/1/16
552 ADULT MEMBERShelp support
1,884 CHILDREN & 485 ADULTS
2 SUMMER 2018
Jamie heard about Sweet Sleep through her church and wanted to use her gifts in administration to serve. Sweet Sleep’s founder approached her, stating the need for a trea-surer. Because Jamie has a heart for vulnerable children, she had already adopted one of her children from Nepal. So, serving Sweet Sleep seemed like the ultimate fit.
Jamie went to Uganda with Sweet Sleep and felt the trip solidified her love for the ministry. She is excited about the economic development programs and encouraged to see in the faces of Ugandans how Sweet Sleep is changing their lives.
Do you have a skill God can use at Sweet Sleep? We look year-round for potential board members. Consider first serving on our advisory committee (no matter where you live) and see if Sweet Sleep's mission is the fit for you.
Kurt Koehn became involved with Sweet Sleep through his church and enjoyed giv-ing. His respect for the mission and his love for the impact on the children, moved him further in involvement. When his daughter, Savannah, became an intern and signed up for a trip to Uganda, his wife wouldn't hear of her going without him!
As you can imagine, Kurt initially went on the trip to protect his daughter, not know-ing how much of an impact that the trip would have on him. As an advisory com-mittee member now, he loves helping chil-dren feel loved and comforted and is ex-cited to continue to go on trips to deliver beds.
Won't you consider the possibility of seeing God at work and offering yourself in ser-vice? Call and talk to Stuart about joining or launching a trip next year!VOLUNTEER
HIGHLIGHTS
3 SUMMER 2018
WHY DID THE CO-OP CROSS THE ROAD? To get to their chickens, of course! Harriet, as a Poultry Group beneficiary, is among the many women who are proud of their work and speaks highly of how greatly she has been impacted by your gifts of support. During one of the field visits conducted by Sweet Sleep staff, Harriet testified that her life together with that of her children has never been the same since the co-op oppor-tunity came into her life. Through group savings and individual financial support from donors like you, Harriet was able to start a small business in charcoal selling and can now afford to attain proceeds worth 15,000 Uganda shillings on a good day and this helps her to provide two meals for her 8 children.
“I can’t also fail to mention that through ourweekly group meetings, hope has been restoredin my heart because I can now find time to sharethe Word of God with my fellow group membersand also share about life experiences and we endup encouraging one another. Am indeed verygrateful to God for leading Sweet Sleep to mylife. Am now managing a small business of myown at the same time as being attached to a Poul-try Group Project”.
LOVE GIVING, BUT SHORT ON CASH?Ask a financial advisor about the many options for long-term or noncash gifts such as wills, be-quests, life insurance policies, property or stock donations.
Help us keep beds and econom-ic development flowingfar into the future!
Email Lisa to find out more.
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TRIPSFIRST SUMMER TRIP June 22-July 1Twelve team members, including all Sweet Sleep staff! Thanks to you, we will deliver 800 beds and will visit the CO-OPs as a full team for the first time!
SECOND SUMMER TRIP July 19-July 29 Nineteen team members will deliver 800 beds!
Because of your generosity, both teams will deliver 1600 beds in all! Follow the blog while we’re there: sweetsleep.org/blog
INTERNSHIPS?We have those too. Contact [email protected] if you have an internship opportunity through your college or university.
JOIN AN ADVISORY TEAM! We welcome anyone with a skill set and passion to help. Can you write, create videos, make bookmarks, plan events, or generate fundraising through crowdfunding? Contact Lisa Wilson at [email protected] to offer your ideas.
5 SUMMER 2018
GIRLS AUXILIARY
LISA WILSONVice President of Donor Engagement
STUART MCALISTERVice President of Operations
GET IN TOUCH
GA CAMP MAKES OVER 150 BOOKMARKS FOR UGANDAN BIBLES!Girls Auxiliary is an organization for girls who love Christ and want to serve Him and be a part of His great missionary movement around the world.
In early June one of our staff shared time with the girls (ages 10-16) about how Sweet Sleep pro-vides beds and safety around the world. The girls laid down on the ground to see what it felt like to sleep without a bed; they watched a video from Uganda about how joyful children are to receive their first bed. And then the girls created hand-made bookmarkers to go into each Bible that will be delivered this summer. We stood in a circle and prayed over the bookmarkers and the children who would receive them.
Interested in your church group getting involved? Contact [email protected]
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