A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP

I’ve got a great story to tell you,” Suzanne Broad says from the Sweet Dream Makers warehouse in Boca Raton. She founded her nonprofit in December 2016 to provide beds and furniture to families in need. But the story she wants to tell is not about the furniture. It’s about the vast difference a good night’s sleep can make in a family’s life. There are the kids whose grades have improved because they’re no longer sleeping on the floor. Or the children who aren’t late for school because they wake up refreshed. “I talk to moms who say, ‘My child made honor role for the first time’ or ‘My child now wants to go to college,’” Broad says. “One mom said, ‘My teenage son is so helpful now.’”