It’s tough to get a good night’s sleep for school when you don’t even have a bed. That’s something that Hasan Givens is familiar with, having lost countless possessions to a house fire about seven years ago.

“It changed my perspective on how much a bed is taken for granted,” Givens says. “Not being able to have somewhere to lay your head down at night, where you gotta make a pallet or sleep on the couch or something like that, it really does take an effect on people.”

At the time, Givens and his family turned to Sleepyhead Beds—a nonprofit founded in 2010 working to distribute beds, frames, and more comfort necessities to individuals in need in the Kansas City community. Now, Givens works in the Sleepyhead Beds warehouse, helping return the favor.

“I was in a situation where I didn’t ha

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