Will you be my Primate?
Just whipped up a fresh batch o’ monkey Valentines ready to warm your loved one’s heart. Order oldschool paper or newschool electronic. Proceeds will help to send our Operatives Diana Brugos and Kat Thorsen abroad this year to teach the fine art of sock monkey! Special thanks to Julian Bowers, design...
Read MoreSock Polar Bears
Join OSM on Feb 15 & 16 2015 at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto for a free Sock Polar Bear workshop as part of the Harbourkids Skate festival. Pre- Registration required. A few years back, when I was working at Mirvish Productions and first establishing this project, the kind folks at Honest Ed’s donated a giant box of mens’ white tube socks to the project. As any sock monkey...
Read MoreMadagascar: Lost Monkeys found
Nearly a year ago, 50 sock monkeys were sent to Madagascar with a Canadian volunteers Ben Chapman and Kelly Dunphy working with NGO HELP Madagascar who’s mission is to empower the poor to positive change. Ben & Kelly arrived in Madagascar only to discover their luggage had gone missing, and received little assistance from a customs official more intent on repairing his broken...
Read MoreSock Monkey Stagette
Ontario Bride -to-be Katherine, pictured here, celebrated the spirit of Craftivism and Global Citizenship with her Sock Monkey Stagette this past weekend. Katherine has long been a patron and purveyor of craft and her friends surprised her with a sock monkey workshop in honour of her upcoming nuptials. 8 sock monkeys were created as part of the celebration, and will soon be making their way to...
Read MoreSock Birds with Seniors
Vancouver Operative Kat Thorsen spent a sunny summer Saturday afternoon bringing sunshine of a different kind to residents of Rideau Manor Retirement Home in in Burnaby, BC. Residents were invited to help Kat finish off a flock of sock birds soon flying south for winter to be a part of the continued development of the Sinovuyo Caring Families project in Cape Town, South Africa. Kat, you...
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