Rose City High wood shop students Angelica Sanchez, 16, and Salomon Rosas, 17, use a chop saw in the assembly line of Generation T Bunk Build, where SkillsUSA carpentry track students build 100 bunk beds for children at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Hundreds of high school students from across the Los Angeles-area gathered at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, Oct. 8, to build 100 bunk beds with most headed to victims of last year’s Camp Fire in Northern California.
Generation T Bunk Build, an event hosted by the Rose Bowl Stadium and Lowe’s Hardware, was designed to “raise awareness for the skilled trades gap that’s impacting California,” according to an event news release.
Jacob Martinez, 15, of Westminster High School, drills planks of wood in the assembly line of Generation T Bunk Build, where SkillsUSA carpentry track students build 100 bunk beds for children at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
High school students in the SkillsUSA carpentry track build a 100 bunk beds for children at the Generation T Bunk Build at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
“It’s really sad knowing that we’re fortunate to have beds and there’s people out there sleeping on the floor,” said Chrystian Leonard, 16, of South Pasadena High School, during Generation T Bunk Build, where SkillsUSA carpentry track students build 100 bunk beds for children at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
High school students in the SkillsUSA carpentry track build 100 bunk beds for children at the Generation T Bunk Build at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
High school students in the SkillsUSA carpentry track build 100 bunk beds for children at the Generation T Bunk Build at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Amy Hernandez, of Lowe’s HR department, makes a Sleep in Heavenly Peace branding for a child’s bunk bed during the Generation T Bunk Build at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Lowe’s supplied all the wood and tools for SkillsUSA students in the carpentry track to make the 100 bunk beds for children in Pasadena and for victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Dulce Bilchis, 15, of Warren High School in Downey, helps on the drill presses in the assembly line of Generation T Bunk Build, where SkillsUSA carpentry track students build 100 bunk beds for children at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
High school students in the SkillsUSA carpentry track stain a headboard in the assembly line to build 100 bunk beds for children at the Generation T Bunk Build at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
High school students in the SkillsUSA carpentry track build 100 bunk beds for children at the Generation T Bunk Build at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
High school students in the SkillsUSA carpentry track build 100 bunk beds for children at the Generation T Bunk Build at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
High school students in the SkillsUSA carpentry track build 100 bunk beds for children at the Generation T Bunk Build at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Rose City High wood shop students Angelica Sanchez, 16, and Salomon Rosas, 17, use a chop saw in the assembly line of Generation T Bunk Build, where SkillsUSA carpentry track students build 100 bunk beds for children at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace will deliver the beds to children in Pasadena and to victims of last year’s Camp Fire. Luke Mickelson, who started SHP in his garage in 2012, said he has already surpassed this year’s goal of 10,000 beds. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Citing a study from Buildzoom, the event’s organizers said the state lost nearly 20% of its construction workforce between 2005 and 2016.
The bunk beds will be donated to nonprofit Sleep in Heavenly Peace, according to the release. The group is “dedicated to building, assembling and delivering beds to children and families in need,” it said. Some beds are headed to local families in Pasadena, but most are headed to victims of last year’s Camp Fire.
