Sioux Valley Energy hosts build-a-bed event

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COLMAN – A $3,500 grant from Sioux Valley Energy’s Operation Round Up fund and a dedicated volunteer crew helped build 20 beds in two hours for children who have nowhere to sleep.  The build-a-bed event took place at the Sioux Valley headquarters near Colman.

Sioux Valley employees along with Board and Member Advisory Council members and their families spent a several hours on a windy Saturday afternoon in September offering their time and talents to the Brookings Chapter of the Sleep in Heavenly Peace organization. 

‘Sleep in Heavenly Peace’ was started by an Idaho couple more than six years ago.  It began after they had extra wood from a bunk bed project and put a post on Facebook asking if anyone was in need of a bed.  The response was overwhelming.  The organization has grown to other states including South Dakota. 

Sioux Valley Energy decided to host a bed building event after Director of Customer and Employee Relations Debra Biever learned of the organization. “The idea of being able to provide beds to 20 kids who have nowhere to sleep really spoke to me and I knew our employees, board and MAC members would love to help.  The work we did truly defines our mission: Serving Our Members. Always,” Biever said.

If you are interested in hosting a build-a-bed event or making a donation, contact:   Dave Miller at 605-690-0143 or Dave.Miller@shpbeds.org. Since the year 2000, Operation Round Up funds have provided more than $1.5-million to local non-profit organizations. Operation Round Up is funded by Sioux Valley Energy members who “round-up” their electric bill as well as employees who donate.

Sioux Valley Energy, a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, is a member-owned utility, providing reliable electric service at cost-based rates to over 25,000 homes, farms, businesses and industries in a seven-county area of east-central South Dakota and southwest Minnesota.