Comfort Dolls for Kenyan Children

I am always amazed at the number of people who want to help out with what the Team does in Kenya each year. Some folks have funds to donate and others want to give something that will bring joy to a child's face.

Last year we were able to hand out hundreds of Comfort Dolls to the children we saw in Kenya. They were made by many women knitters in North Bay and area and brought pure joy and delight to each child who received one. In fact many older children wanted one as well, but we ran out of them.

This year again, many women put wool to needle and we have received many dolls to again distribute. Two women that I met at the YMCA, Joan Rayburn and Jean Arthur, worked together and this morning presented me with 100 completed Comfort Dolls to take with me. These women gave of their time and talent to bring happiness to a child in Kenya.

Many thanks to you both for your effort and for caring for children half way around the world.

Students knit dolls for children in Kenya

This past week I was priviledged to visit Helen Gobby's grade 5/6 class at King George Public School. She has 28 students and thought it would be a great idea to teach her students to knit. She had heard about the comfort dolls that people in North Bay were knitting for our team to take to Kenya and hand out to the children and thought this would be a great idea for her class. She enlisted the help of several women knitters in North Bay who came into her class to help teach the children.

Each student knit a doll, wrote a letter to the student who will receive the doll and included a picture of themselves with their letter. They worked hard on their project and were very proud and excited with their achievment when they presented them to me to take over in September.

What a great idea since children in Kenya rarely have toys. I am anxious to give these out to the students in Kenya to see the look of joy on their faces. Thanks to all these students and their teacher for thinking of children on the other side of the world who have so little..