Teddies
for
Tragedies

Newspaper Article #3.

The Teddy Brigade is Ready!
We all have travelled from Georgetown,
Ontario, Canada. Are we there yet?

Community Cornerstones.

by: Betty Brownridge, The Compass.

Three Cheers!

A local connection to traumatized children who are victims of natural disasters, wars and just plain neglect, is working on a simple project which they started a few years ago in England.

Comments from doctors working in the field found that your children often recovered faster if they had a cuddly toy to keep in their cot. It seemed to do as much good for some children as the medicine they received.

They call this project "Teddies for Tragedies". They ask people to knit or crochet these washable teddy bears, stuff them with quick drying materials and put them in washable bags. The patterns and directions are supplied. Leftover yarns can be used in a variety of colors.

This is an ongoing project as the children can keep them. Seventy thousand have been sent to Nicaragua, and last summer teddies were sent to Romania.

This fall two Hillcrest Church members, Mary Wilson and Mary Au, knitted 19 teddies. They have been delivered to a Toronto contact who said she has 100+ at her home, ready for shipment.

If you would like to participate, get in touch with Betty Brownridge or access the Internet at this address: http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/lassie/322 (Home)



Thane Burnett
The Toronto Sun
Saturday
December 26, 1998.		 Tom Harpur
The Toronto Star
Sunday
June 20, 1999.
Betty Brownridge
The Compass,
North Halton, Ontario.
November 26, 1999.
 The Midweek Enterprise
Bolton, Ontario.
December 8, 1999.
North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
"Generally Speaking" April, 2000. Newsletter.


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