Teaming up with Team DRIVE
Operation Sock Monkey bids a Bon Voyage to Team DRIVE as they depart on their mission to Port-au-Prince this weekend, where they will bring supplies, support and sock monkeys to the children of FED Orphanage. TEAM DRIVE is a 501c3 Health and Human Services organization with the mission of engaging combat wounded veterans into the service of others. The instagram photo below, posted Saturday by...
Read MoreHugs for Haiti
OSM has once again partnered with Clowns Sans Frontiéres to help bring laughter and love to Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. 3 Haitian artists visited Montreal in November to take part in a physical theatre training course where they workshopped a clown show to present in neighborhoods recovering from the cyclone, exchanged ideas and laughs and developed their performance skills in...
Read MoreMonkey Hugs in Haiti
Last month, OSM Operative Carole Burdett accompanied a group of doctors and nurses operating a mobile medical clinic travelling to some of the most remote rural areas in Haiti. Carole was an ambassador of love & magic, having recruited her friends and family in North Vancouver and Kamloops B.C. to stitch up over 60 sock monkey smiles to give to children and families attending the...
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Operative Carole Burdett from North Vancouver, B.C. has amassed an army of love, stuffing and stitches in sock monkey form to accompany her on a mission to Haiti this month. Carole has been an OSM Operative since 2012 when she first visited Haiti, along with a team of doctors providing medical care and attention to underserved communities in rural Haiti. She stitched up a monkey bunch of...
Read MoreMonkey Love for Haiti by Hand
Operatives Angela Roussell of Monkeyville in Massachusetts and Elaine Helen Myhre of Yanez’ Wee Beasties in Minnesota have created an adorable batch of monkey delegates to be distributed in Haiti this month via Haiti By Hand This November, the Sower family of Tennessee returns to Haiti to spread joy, craft resources, and hope to the people of Haiti. A mother and daughter team, the Sowers...
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