Compass Arizona Helps Slash Years-Long Bed Waitlist for Local Children: This Saturday, 8am at Christ Lutheran Church at 3901 E Indian School

Compass Arizona, Sleep In Heavenly Peace To Deliver Beds to Local Youths May 30

Children across the Valley who’ve long slept on couches or carpets will soon have beds of their own thanks to a collaboration between Compass and Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that delivers beds and bedding to local youths.
After learning that more than 300 Valley children were on a years-long waiting list for new beds, Compass agents across the region stepped up, delivering hundreds of beds to families in just five months while slashing the waiting period for kids seeking a safe, comfortable place to sleep.

Now, Compass agents and Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteers are prepping for another major community bed delivery set for Saturday, May 30 starting at 8am at Christ Lutheran Church at 3901 E Indian School.
About 25 Compass agents from across the region will help deliver 65 new beds as well as bedding and stuffed animals to kids throughout the community.

Due to financial constraints, many of the families served through the effort rely on couches, lawn furniture or crowded, shared sleeping arrangements before receiving their bed deliveries.

“It came to our attention that the Phoenix Chapter was years behind with more than 300 kids on a waitlist to simply sleep in a bed,” said Sean Zimmerman. “That’s something no child should have to experience. Once our agents saw the need firsthand, they jumped in immediately.”

“At Christ Church Lutheran’s Sleep in Heavenly Peace Hub, we’ve seen firsthand how much something as simple as a bed can impact a child’s confidence and well-being. For these children, it represents stability, comfort and being seen,” said Sarah Dever, a member of Christ Church Lutheran and a volunteer with Sleep in Heavenly Peace. “There is so much beauty in this ministry. I will never forget praying over a family after watching their 15-year-old receive his very first bed.

These children’s smiles mean the world to parents who are struggling to provide for their families. It has been an honor to

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work alongside Compass over the past few months, as they have provided all the bedding necessary to help put 185 children into beds. They care deeply about making a difference in the lives of children in their community.”

This issue wasn’t a lack of beds so much as a lack of manpower to deliver and assemble them, and that’s where Compass came in, encouraging its agents to volunteer and participate in the bed builds and deliveries. U-Haul also stepped up, supplying the trucks used to deliver the beds across the Valley.

Over five months, Compass agents delivered hundreds of beds, helping reduce a waitlist that once stretched for years down to about 30 days.

As the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States by sales volume, Compass continues expanding throughout Arizona, including in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, two of the country’s fastest-growing luxury housing markets. Compass leaders say community involvement remains a big part of the company’s culture.

“We have a really fantastic crew of agents here in Arizona,” said Compass Arizona Vice President of Operations Cassandra Vanitas. “When they’re asked to step up, they do so without hesitation – they really want to help and improve their communities and impact local families in a way that really matters. Watching these deliveries take place and seeing the reactions from these kids and families puts everything into perspective very quickly.”

Media interested in attending the May 30 delivery event or learning more about Compass may contact Jennifer Parks-Sturgeon at jparks-sturgeon@roseallynpr.com or (480) 495-3806.

For more about Sleep in Heavenly Peace, visit SHPBeds.org. For more about Compass in Arizona, visit AZHomes.com.