Sigma Alpha Epsilon Resource Portal
What’s SHP?
Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) is a volunteer 501c3 non-profit that builds beds and deliver beds to kids 3-17 that need a bed. We get the community to come out and measure wood, cut, sand, drill, stain, and brand our beds on build days. We then go out and deliver those beds with new bedding and mattresses to kids in need.
Why Help SHP?
Explain that SHP needs their help to help their community. SHP offers great ways to get more out of helping others with their chapter. There are many ways they can work with SHP to help their chapter through Brotherhood, Philanthropy, Alumni, Greek Life, and Campus Life. It’s a fun, hands on experience that benefits your community directly and locally.
National Day of Service
SAE has a National Day of Service events through out the year. The could hold a True Gentleman Day of Service event with SHP, reminding their campus and local community that SAE values service by leaving a positive impact in their community.
Getting started
It’s easy and all local. Beds they help build, deliver or raise funds for, stay local in their area and help their community. These are great opportunities to have a great relationship with their campus and local community.
How your SAE chapter can help SHP
- Bed Builds
SHP offers easy bed builds that your chapter can participate or sponsor at locations in your community or bring on to your campus to build with other student organizations and the student body. - Delivering Beds to kids in your community
Bed Deliveries are an easy and rewarding way to help your local SHP chapter. You’ll help deliver and assemble the beds to kids that don’t have beds of their own. - Bedding Drives for twin sheets & pillows
Organize bedding drives and drop off locations to donate to your local SHP chapter, make blankets with other groups on campus. These can be competitions in with donation bins in the Fraternity and Sorority houses to see who can get the most bedding. Expand and involve all student organizations on campus. Get donations bins around campus that the SAE chapter will manage and deliver to your chapter. - Fundraising
Raise funds through various events to help cover the cost of building beds. Get your campus or your chapter to raise funds to run your own bed build event or buy bedding materials. SHP can create a dedicated DonorPerfect fundraising page for your SAE chapter, so you don’t have to worry about handling those donations from the SAE chapter or campus. - Alumni
Many chapters host their alumni back and this is a great opportunity for the undergraduates and alumni to work together building beds and doing great for their community. It helps the undergraduates have an opportunity to connect with their alumni, network, but also see that their alumni give back also. Some chapters have active and large alumni associations where alumni connect for social and other opportunties. This could be another resource to tap for SHP.
How to find a SHP chapter to volunteer
Below you’ll find a list of all our Sleep in Heavenly Peace chapters by state. If you can’t find a chapter near by your school, check back as we add 10-15 chapters every quarter and one might be in your town soon.
If you have questions or need help, please reach out to Denny Butts, denny.butts@shpbeds.org, 719-272-1652. Denny is an SAE from Ohio Lambda, Kent State University. Happy to help your chapter connect with SHP.
