Family Day Fun
Operative Meghan monkeying around in the Sock Monkey Hospital at the 2012 Family Day Sock Monk-a-Thon @ West Lincoln Township. Thanks to all who came out to make monkeys for a good cause, and to Meghan for tending to the delegates who needed...
Read MoreMax’s Monkeys
It’s Max Dobbins’ 3rd birthday this Saturday February 18, and once again, Max’s family is celebrating through a commission of OSM Delegates to be sent to the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. Max was born with a rare heart condition and the amazing staff at the C.H.O.P. Cardiac Center saved his life shortly after it began. Each year on his birthday, Max and his family...
Read MoreCWBUSA: Project India
Operation Sock Monkey has teamed up with Clowns Without Borders USA to support their current expedition, Project India. 2 Clowns, 1 Administrator and a whole barrel of monkeys will be sent to India in partnership with Indian NGO’s Salaam Balaak Trust and Mobile Creches. That adds up to a whole lotta fun! CWBUSA will perform for youth and caregivers in five major centres around India. The...
Read MoreOperative Profile: New Recruits
All-star Operative Georgia Dietz has been raising funds and awareness for OSM in Ottawa for the past two years, and now she is inspiring her peers to do the same. OSM had two more Operatives come on board this Holiday Season. Jeff Cane gave the gift of ‘How-to’ to his class mates and other grade 7 students in his school, leading a sock monkey workshop earlier this...
Read MoreMonkey Makin’ Mania!
It’s been a busy month of monkey makin’ at OSM with 3 workshops over the past 9 days! Abby McDougall of Calgary, AB celebrated her 11 birthday on Nov 10th and invited OSM to the party. Instead of gifts her friends all purchased MYOSM kits and made their own monkeys. Hart House at U of T hosted a workshop for the inaugural Craft Night of the semester, where students and non students...
Read MoreS’up Cuz
Sammy and Denny at S’up Cuz ( purveyors of superfine Tshirts ) have been long time pals of OSM. I first connected with this dynamic duo at Mondo Bazaar in 2009, their awesome t-shirt designs caught my eye and their friendly nature and sassy sense of humour captured my heart. They share a similar bizness philosophy , entrepreneurial spirit and retail strategy with OSM and have made...
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