The 2022 Steps for Sleep, My Very Own Bed fundraiser. The 5th annual event is scheduled for September 13. (Northeaster file, Nik Linde)
My Very Own Bed announces 5th annual Steps for Sleep event
On September 13 at 11:30 am, My Very Own Bed, a Minneapolis nonprofit focused on providing at-need children with new beds and “Dream Kits” (packages of mattress pads, sheets, blankets, pillows, stuffed animals and books), will be hosting its fifth annual “Steps for Sleep” event.
The event will take place at DeLaSalle High School, 1 De La Salle Drive, and will feature activities “for all ages and abilities” such as yoga, “hip hop cardio,” “soul line dancing,” a drum circle and a DJ. There will also be a fair featuring 26 local businesses.
Minneapolis politicians react to Annunciation School shooting
On August 27, 2025, the Minneapolis Delegation of the Minnesota State Senate issued a statement following the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
The statement reads in part: “All students should be safe at school so they can learn and grow, not endure violence and trauma… We are grateful to the first responders, educators, and medical personnel who acted quickly to protect and care for the victims.
“We condemn this violence in the strongest terms. We stand with all those grieving, especially the families of the 8- and 10-year-old who lost their life today and the over 17 people that are injured and recommit ourselves to solutions to address the epidemic of gun violence and keep our children and communities safe.”
On the same day, State Representative Sydney Jordan wrote, on Facebook, that “enough is enough. We cannot accept a world where senseless gun violence is treated as normal or expected. Our schools, places of worship, and neighborhoods must be safe, and free from the type of tragedy our community experienced this morning… We cannot accept a world where people face the threat of gun violence as they go about their daily lives. For now, we will take time to be here for the victims of this tragedy, to grieve and heal. We can’t become numb to these acts of senseless violence which have become our status quo. We will work to do everything we can to make a safer future for our children and communities.”
Mayor Jacob Frey commended first responders, students and staff for their bravery before announcing hopes of his own. “They stepped up, and their actions saved kid’s lives. Now it’s time for elected leaders to step up.”
He recently joined mayors from across the Twin Cities area — Columbia Heights’ Amáda Márquez Simula, St. Paul’s Melvin Carter, Bloomington’s Tim Busse, Hopkins’s Patrick Hanlon, Stillwater’s Ted Kozlowski, Richfield’s Mary Supple, Minnetonka’s Brad Wiersum and Vadnais Heights’ Mike Krachmer — in calling for changes to gun control.
“If federal and state lawmakers won’t act,” Frey said, “then give us the tools to do it ourselves. Let Minneapolis ban weapons of war from our streets. We know our communities best — and we’re not willing to accept doing nothing.”
Governor Tim Walz will call a special session for Minnesota lawmakers to vote on a package of gun control measures which includes an assault weapons ban, though he didn’t provide a timeline for when he plans to do so.
“If Minnesota lets this moment slide and we determine that it’s okay for little ones to not be safe in a school environment or a church environment, then shame on us,” Walz said.