LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18)– The Lexington Rescue Mission received a huge delivery Wednesday morning.
A semi truck dropped off 80 queen-sized mattresses donated by Tempur Sealy.
The mission will use those mattresses to help individuals and families who move from homelessness into their own homes.
This semi backing into a Lexington storage facility is full of beds being donated to @LexingtonRescue! The beds will be given to those who move from homelessness into their own homes with the help of the Rescue Mission. @LEX18News pic.twitter.com/Cja4csa5bz
— Tiffany Jackson (@TiffanyLEX18) March 6, 2019
The mattresses will be in storage until they are needed, and that space was donated by St. Luke United Methodist Church.
All 80 queen-sized mattresses were donated to the Rescue Mission by Tempur Sealy. St. Luke United Methodist Church offered free storage space to keep the mattresses. @LEX18News pic.twitter.com/iplllNOcz9
— Tiffany Jackson (@TiffanyLEX18) March 6, 2019
“My dad once told me that there’s two things you want to invest in and that’s a mattress and shoes and that’ll effect your whole day and so to be able to have a mattress to sleep on is huge for our individuals,” said Renee Dodson, resource coordinator for Lexington Rescue Mission.
Last year the mission helped 84 families move from homelessness to housing.
