Toys for Haiti - Donation Doll Making Class
Tonight!
Tuesday, May 11th
7:00-9:00 pm
Gossamer Fiber Arts
Again, we're joining creative forces with Gossamer Fiber Arts to make loving dolls for Haitian orphans. A local midwife will maker her way to Haiti this Friday to live among the children of a Haitian orphanage and volunteer her skills, time and love to more than 50 children, as well as the surrounding community.
The dolls we're making for her to take with her are simple and made of natural materials. They'll only take a few hours of your donated time, but will provide years and years of comfort and play for a child who truly needs it. For young children and babies, a doll not only provides a tool for imaginative play, but also a way of connecting and finding love and comfort in hard times.
We hope you'll come and thank you for your help and donations so far!
Hosted by SpielWerk Toys & Gossamer Fiber Arts
Held at: Gossamer 2418 East Burnside St.
$ 3-5 donation for materials
http://www.gossamerfiberarts.com
For more information and ways you can help please see the following links:
The link to our latest email letter––She Saw Things Mama Photo Sessions, Toys for Haiti, and Happy Mother's Day!... Send us an email if you'd like to receive these letters right as they go out. http://www.spielwerktoys.com/update_4-10_III.html
Toy Donation Drive for Haiti
A local midwife will be traveling May 14th to Haiti to live in an orphanage and provide care for at least 50 young ones. These children do not have toys to play with, and are in great need of other basic supplies too.
We will be donating jump ropes, balls, and other traditional playthings, but we ask that if you have any gently used (and well-loved!) toys at home that can be shared that you please bring them in for donation. These toys need to be small and light for travel purposes, and appropriate for ages newborn to 12.
We have donation boxes at both locations, and will be collecting through May 10th. A list of other needed items follows.
Also, through May 10th, any new items purchased for donation at either of our stores will receive a 20% discount.
The following is a list of other much needed items:
Receiving blankets
Ibuprofen
Tylenol
Antacids
Prenatal or multi-vitamins
Please join us also on May 4th from 7-9 pm at Gossamer Fiber Arts on Burnside for a CraftWerk Social making soft and cuddly velour bunting dolls for the younger children at the orphanage. We ask for just a $3-5 donation to cover some costs (collected at the door).
http://spielwerktoys.blogspot.com/2010/04/toys-for-haiti-donation-doll-making_29.html
Toys for Haiti - Donation Doll Making Class
Tuesday, May 4th, 7:00-9:00 pm
We have joined forces with Gossamer Fiber Arts who will be hosting a doll making class at their space on Tuesday, May 4th from 7-9. These simple dolls made of natural materials will only take a few hours of your donated time, but will provide years and years of comfort and play for a child who truly needs it. For young children and babies, a doll not only provides a tool for imaginative play, but also a way of connecting to what it means to be human. The therapeutic and reciprocal nature of dolls is that they provide comfort while the child learns what it means to love and care for another.
Have a fear of larger projects? Don't worry we have smaller crafts too!
Hosted by SpielWerk Toys & Gossamer Fiber Arts
Held at: Gossamer 2418 East Burnside St.
$ 3-5 donation for materials
http://www.gossamerfiberarts.com
For more information and ways you can help please see the following links:
Dear SpielWerk Community:
In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, there has been an overwhelming wave of aid and support from around the world. Of all the struggling populations in Haiti, pregnant women, infants and very young children are most vulnerable and at greatest risk for poor medical care, hunger, homelessness and low mortality rates.
Midwives for Haiti http://www.midwivesforhaiti.org is an organization that relies on volunteer midwives from around the globe to travel to Haiti and give their time, money, love and energy in order to serve those that are most vulnerable. Their mission is to serve the pregnant women of Haiti, but also to provide education to Haitian women who would like to become midwives.
One of our local community members will be traveling to Haiti on May 14th to provide her services as a midwife and we would like to support her efforts! The children in the Orphanage where she will be staying are in dire need of many things, including much needed comfort. For a child that has lost so much, a simple gesture showing that someone cares can make a world of difference.
We have joined forces with Gossamer Fiber Arts who will be hosting a doll making class on Tuesday, May 4th from 7-9. These simple dolls made of natural materials will only take a few hours of your donated time, but will provide years and years of comfort and play for a child who truly needs it. For young children and babies, a doll not only provides a tool for imaginative play, but also a way of connecting to what it means to be human. The therapeutic and reciprocal nature of dolls is that they provide comfort while the child learns what it means to love and care for another.
Please consider joining our efforts.
xx
The SpielWerk Crew
