We have been rather quiet on line lately for which we do apologize. Be assured Operation Teddy Bear Care is still active though in a much quieter way. We are all dealing with troubled times and funds are very low. We have spent much time encouraging people to do an act of kindness to strangers to get themselves out of the doldrums. Naturally we are still collecting teddy bears to give to the needy children and promoting operation teddy bear care at every chance we get. Recently we had a stall at the Strawberry festival in George. Not a huge success financially but much interest shown by the public.
Out of love and kindness, 2 ladies from Cape Town area, have together knitted and put together 40+teddy bears to give to our needy little ones. One of the ladies, though suffering from arthritis in her hands does the knitting and the other lady puts them together. These teddy bears just ooze love (See photo), and will surely bring much comfort and joy to a hurting child. Owner of Teddy Bear haven gave us a wonderful donation of material for making teddy bears. Another wonderful gift came from a teddy bear collector in the USA. This kind-hearted, loving lady sent us her collection of teddy bears, some given to her by her grandfather. With so much kindness, love and giving coming our way we are encouraged more and more daily to continue doing what we can to ease the suffering of innocent children.
We have many people to thank – our knitters, those that give donations and the helpful people who are always willing to transport parcels from Cape Town to Sedgefield at no charge to us.
Sadly due to lack of funds we have had to close our Teddy Bear Charity shop. Hopefully this will just be short term. In the meantime we will find other means of bringing in some income.
We would like to remind all that we do not often place photos of the children receiving teddy bears and other help. This is to protect the identity of the children and their families from any stigma that may be attached to them in future times.
Thank you all for you continued support. Without your help and generosity we would not be able to bring a little bit of cheer to hurting children. Watch out for our end of the year news and all our happenings in our next news update.