Bedtime Blessings
An Outreach Program by the Morehead City Rotary Club
Bedtime Blessings is an outreach program by the Morehead City Rotary Club to provide beds for children in need. Morehead City Rotary Rotarians have partnered with Carteret County Humanitarian Agencies for the identification of children needing a bed. The Morehead City Rotary Club purchases beds and bedding to be stored and distributed by these humanitarian agencies.
Bedtime Blessings was instituted during the clubs 100th Anniversary, 1925 -2025, as a perpetual service to the citizens of Carteret County. Its first bed was placed in service in August 2025.
October 25, 2025: Bedtime Blessings at work through Rotary Club of Morehead City NC - "Service Above Self " since 1925. Beds 5 & 6 delivered to two teen boys yesterday and beds 7, 8, 9, and 10 delivered on this beautiful day to a family of 3 girls and a boy.
November 17, 2025: We have supplied 14 beds and working on a crib and two more twin beds this week.
December 18, 2025: Bedtime Blessings received a donation of $1200 from the Pine Knoll Shores PEO thanks to the inspiration of Janet Furman. This gift will fund 5 beds for local children in need. Since September, Bedtime Blessings has provided 28 beds to children identified by Carteret County Child Protective Services and Carteret County Schools as requiring beds and bedding. We thank our ongoing partners in this effort: Manager Monica Blocker of Walmart and Bryan Hamilton owner of America's Mattresses.
January 30, 2026: A call was received from the school system saying that a family needed beds for 4 children. It is 1pm on a workday Friday with a snowstorm bearing down on us that may shut our community down for days. The Rotarian receiving the call responded immediately making calls to other Rotarians for volunteers that began getting into their trucks, heading to a storage unit for 4 beds that were built on January 10th, going to Walmart for bedding, and going to America’s Mattresses for mattresses. At 3pm, these Rotarian volunteers began assembling the acquired beds and bedding for the delivery trip to Beaufort. Upon arrival in Beaufort, a happy boy helps unload into his apartment. He and his brothers are so excited. Rotarians Zach and Dean get beds inside while Jayna hauls in bedding. Zach assembles the crib and Jayna and Barbara tackle bedding. At 4:30 the impossible was accomplished. A family with 4 boys has new warm beds before the storm hits. This makes 32 beds delivered to date by the Morehead City Rotary Club’s Bedtime Blessings outreach program.
October 25, 2025: Bedtime Blessings at work through Rotary Club of Morehead City NC - "Service Above Self " since 1925. Beds 5 & 6 delivered to two teen boys yesterday and beds 7, 8, 9, and 10 delivered on this beautiful day to a family of 3 girls and a boy.
November 17, 2025: We have supplied 14 beds and working on a crib and two more twin beds this week.
December 18, 2025: Bedtime Blessings received a donation of $1200 from the Pine Knoll Shores PEO thanks to the inspiration of Janet Furman. This gift will fund 5 beds for local children in need. Since September, Bedtime Blessings has provided 28 beds to children identified by Carteret County Child Protective Services and Carteret County Schools as requiring beds and bedding. We thank our ongoing partners in this effort: Manager Monica Blocker of Walmart and Bryan Hamilton owner of America's Mattresses.
January 30, 2026: A call was received from the school system saying that a family needed beds for 4 children. It is 1pm on a workday Friday with a snowstorm bearing down on us that may shut our community down for days. The Rotarian receiving the call responded immediately making calls to other Rotarians for volunteers that began getting into their trucks, heading to a storage unit for 4 beds that were built on January 10th, going to Walmart for bedding, and going to America’s Mattresses for mattresses. At 3pm, these Rotarian volunteers began assembling the acquired beds and bedding for the delivery trip to Beaufort. Upon arrival in Beaufort, a happy boy helps unload into his apartment. He and his brothers are so excited. Rotarians Zach and Dean get beds inside while Jayna hauls in bedding. Zach assembles the crib and Jayna and Barbara tackle bedding. At 4:30 the impossible was accomplished. A family with 4 boys has new warm beds before the storm hits. This makes 32 beds delivered to date by the Morehead City Rotary Club’s Bedtime Blessings outreach program.
Each bed and it's bedding costs about $300. Help us help the kids.
Donations to this outreach program are greatly appreciated. Please note: Morehead City Rotary is not a nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income tax.
Donations to this outreach program are greatly appreciated. Please note: Morehead City Rotary is not a nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income tax.