August, 2025

​​​​​​Dear friends and supporters, 

After nearly 19 wonderful years of providing beds and bedding to children in need, we wanted to share some important news with you.

Beds from Brian is going to be taking a little break to pause, reflect, and recharge. This isn’t “goodbye”, but rather “see you later”. It’s an opportunity for us to take a step back and think deeply about the future, and what we’d like Beds from Brian to be going forward.

We officially started with a Chili Party at our home in September of 2006.  We asked our family and friends to donate a new pillow or bedding item.   Fast forward to today,  with your continued support and our annual events, we have donated 8,609 items to families in need!

Of that total number, there has been 521 new beds gifted to children.  Often accompanied by a new comforter, sheet set, bed pillow and a pair of pajamas.  To date we have distributed 378 new pairs of pajamas and 1,545 new bed pillows. 

For many of these children,  these items were their first bed, new blanket or snuggly warm pair of pajamas, giving them the warmth, comfort and feeling of security that these items provide.   This allows them to have proper sleep hygiene and the ability to grow and be well rested to learn at school.  

We will always be grateful to all of the people and organizations that have supported us throughout the last 19 years. It has been an emotional and fulfilling journey, and we feel that we faithfully honored our baby Brian and helped change the world for the better in his memory.   

While we are on our break, we encourage you to reach out directly to our Partner Agencies if you have resources or money to donate. The list of these agencies is on our website: www.bedsfrombrian.com
 
We are all happy and healthy and look forward to the next chapter of our lives. We wish you and yours all the best and thank you again for your generosity and support. We’ll keep you posted! 

Sweet dreams,
Doreen, Jim, Chris, Beth, Diane & Laura