Project Sophia at Canuck Place
Project Sophia is an extraordinary initiative facilitated by Vancouver Operative Kat Thorsen, and inspired by a truly extraordinary young woman, Sophia Pomeroy and her wonderful Mom, Beverley Pomeroy. Sophia is 16 years old and was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness at birth. She’s a regular patient and ray of Sunshine at Canuck Place Childrens Hospice in Vancouver, handing out sock...
Read MoreNew Friends in Tanzania
Last month, a wonderful new Operative joined us at OSM and couriered and hand delivered 40+ sock monkeys to children in Tanzania. Gloria Beresford- Last traveled to the East African nation in July 2016 as a volunteer with The Olive Branch For Children, an NGO that seeks to better the lives of children and families affected by HIV- AIDS in rural areas of Tanzania. Gloria distributed sock monkeys...
Read MoreCamp Sock Monkey in Beaverton, OR
Roll up your sleeping bag and pack up the s’more supplies: O.S.M is invited to be part of some serious summer fun this month! Participants from a summer camp in Beaverton, Oregon are stitching up some smiles in the form of socky simians to send to Haiti this winter with Clowns Sans Frontiéres. The week long camp is participating in the Helping Hands project through the Church of Jesus...
Read MoreBranching out to Tanzania
43 Sock Monkeys are on their way to Tanzania today thanks to the handiwork of students of Tommy Douglas Secondary School in Vaughan, ON and the great big heart (and suitcase!) of OSM’s newest Operative, Gloria Beresford-Last who will travel to Africa with her Mom this summer on a volunteer mission with The Olive Branch for Children. The Olive Branch is an NGO serving vulnerable...
Read More#Craftivism = Community
In celebration of International Women’s Day this week and in partnership with Culture Link Toronto, and the Toronto Public Library, Operatives Diana Brugos and Tracey Speedie led a sock monkey making workshop for Syrian women who have relocated to Toronto as a result of the current refugee crisis. The workshop was held at the Lillian H. Smith Library in Toronto, giving the...
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