All the ways you support Love Your Neighbor help us make sure kids feel seen, known and loved.
LYN is regularly building, delivering and assembling bunk beds for the kids that need them most.
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In 2018, four young girls were removed from their home due to abuse and neglect. They were now living with their aunt uncle. The aunt and uncle, overwhelmed with four more mouths to feed, school supplies and clothes to buy, weren’t able to buy beds for the girls. The Love Your Neighbor team stepped up. We bought two bunk bed frames, mattresses and bedding from a local big box store and headed to the aunt and uncle’s home to assemble the beds. Typical of furniture from big box stores, assembly was frustrating and took much longer than it should have.
As we were assembling the bunk beds, the girls were busy deciding which bedding set each of them would have. So, by the time we had the beds assembled, the girls were ready to make their beds. As soon as the bedding was on the mattresses, one of the girls – an 8 year old with blonde hair – jumps into her bed, pulls the covers up to her chin and says, “OK, I’m ready to go to bed.”
It was in that moment I realized this was where God is leading the Love Your Neighbor team. So, over the next few weeks, I drew up bunk bed plans that would be sturdy, long-lasting and easy to assemble in homes. We started having volunteer build days at my house to make sure we always had beds ready for kids that need a place to sleep. We quickly outgrew the woodshop in my garage, and after a few years, we were given a generous donation of woodworking tools and moved our woodshop to a room inside Pulpit Rock Church.
Our Humblewood Workshop allows us to have volunteers build beds regardless of weather conditions. Also, we are now able to have mentorship/woodworking classes and create various outreach opportunities to care for the youth in our city.
As we continue to grow, our goal is that everyone we interact with – volunteers, foster families, kids removed from their homes, senior citizens needing a new bed, grandmothers taking in their grandchildren – feels SEEN, KNOWN and LOVED.
– Luke Wrobleski, Love Your Neighbor Director
We are able to do what we do because of donations. Help us do more!
The LYN team is made up of volunteers with specialties in many different areas as well as those that are just willing to show up and help as needed.
Luke Wrobleski started the Love Your Neighbor team when he got a few people together, loaded up a truck with fence supplies and fixed fences after they were blown down by the 100+ mph winds in January, 2017.
It’s been so exciting to watch the ministry of Love Your Neighbor grow over the years.
-Luke Wrobleski
In mid-2018, the team started to make bunk beds for kids in El Paso County.
It quickly became apparent that this should be the primary focus for the LYN team. Partnering with CarePortal to find kids that need a bed to sleep in, LYN is regularly building, delivering and assembling bunk beds for the kids that need them most.
In mid-2018, the team started to make bunk beds for kids in El Paso County.
It quickly became apparent that this should be the primary focus for the LYN team. Partnering with CarePortal to find kids that need a bed to sleep in, LYN is regularly building, delivering and assembling bunk beds for the kids that need them most.
Your generosity enables Love Your Neighbor to continue doing what we do
We are able to do what we do because of donations. Help us do more!
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While our focus is still building beds, we are thrilled that we get to serve the community in a variety of ways as Love Your Neighbor has grown over the years.