Art Therapists unite for New Jersey
Thanks to the energy, enthusiasm and excellent organizational skills of Operative Dynamo Gretchen Miller and her 6 Degrees of Creativity Art therapy Community, nearly 200 sock monkeys were distributed to Hurricane Sandy victims in New Jersey in January and February of this year. Gretchen collected sock monkeys from operatives all over the US and even a batch from Operative...
Read MoreSuper-Monkeys 4 Max
February 18 is Monkeys4Max Day! It’s Max Dobbins’ 4th birthday and once again, Max’s family is celebrating through a commission of OSM Delegates to be sent to the Children’s 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 his birth. Each year on his birthday, Max and his family...
Read MoreSinovuyo Caring Families Project
Sinovuyo means “We Have Happiness” in isiXhosa. The Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme is being developed by Clowns Without Borders South Africa and will be implemented by community care workers working with approximately 300 families living in the townships of Cape Town. OSM has been invited to participate in the project and has sent an initial delegation of 75 sock monkeys to support the...
Read MoreStitches & Smiles from Libore
Field partner Pencils for Kids has just returned from Niger, West Africa where they helped OSM spread some monkey magic to the young women of Libore. Sock Monkey delegates created by youth craftivists in the GTA were given to girls training to be seamstresses at the Cooper Sewing School, an education and resource centre providing vital vocational training for Nigerien youth. This delegation...
Read MoreP4K Monkey Mission to Niger
OSM partner Pencils for Kids departs for the community of Libore, Niger today on a mission of hope, healing and love. It has been a challenging year for the people of Libore, having experienced massive flooding in August which displaced thousands of families who lost their homes and crops. P4K was able to rally support for the flood victims in an emergency fund raising campaign in September to...
Read MoreSock Monkeys for Sandy Victims
Our newest collaborator, Gretchen Miller and her Art Therapy Collective 6 Degrees of Creativity has been rounding up a delightful batch of delegates to send to the Boys and Girls Club of Hoboken, which was devastated by Superstorm Sandy. A week or so before the hurricane rocked the east coast, Gretchen approached OSM with the desire to organize a ‘Sock Monkey Service Project’...
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