Richard and Joan Hryniw have just returned from Chennai, India where they completed another distribution of 5,000 bed kits on behalf of the Charity that they love! SLEEPING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD has become a passion in their lives. They have been on many trips and are proud to represent this exemplary organization. Richard and Joan will tell you that this Charity insures that each bed kit arrives in the hands of a deserving child because a traveling volunteer personally places it in these small but appreciative arms. They will proudly announce that every penny of each $30.00 donation is spent on the contents of the bed kit because traveling volunteers pay all of their own expenses. They will reassure donors that all funds that are transferred to our overseas partners (often Rotary Clubs) are subject to a detailed financial report to guarantee that all expenditures are held to very strict account. But most of all they speak about the children.
SLEEPING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD was registered as a Canadian Charity in 1970 by Mr. Murray Dryden and his wife Margaret, parents of legendary hockey stars Dave and Ken Dryden. To date this unique Charity has raised in excess of 20 million dollars and distributed bed kits to 869,550 children in 31 different third world countries.
The bed kit distributed in Chennai contains 23 different items intended to provide each child with a safe and peaceful night’s sleep. Recently a mosquito net has been included in the bed kit to keep the children safe from malaria!
Bed kit items include such things as:
- Mattress
- Quilt
- Bed sheets
- Pillow
- Towels
- Mosquito net
- Shirt
- Shorts or dress
- Woolen blanket
- Plastic bucket
Also available for as a PDF file via download.
