One hundred and one bedkits

Submitted by Doug and Loreen Cumming

First United Church in Owen Sound has had a successful drive over the 2008 Christmas Season for Sleeping Children Around the World.

In October of 2007 we did a presentation during a Sunday service about our SCAW distribution in Calcutta, January 2006.

This year the Christian Action Committee at First United displayed the bedkit from Calcutta during the Advent Season.

When the donations were all counted this year this Church group had raised money for 101 bedkits.

Congratulations First United Church, Owen Sound.

Way to go, Bayview!

Submitted by Loreen and Doug Cumming

In December, 2008 Bayview Elementary School in Owen Sound raised money for 42 bed kits.

The Project was led by Mrs. Linda Breen and her Grade five class.

At an assembly for the 336 students at Bayview, we showed our photos of the SCAW delivery in Togo, Africa, May 2008.

The grade five class prepared thank you notes and some samples are attached.

Congratulations to this school and their teachers for making such a substantial contribution to Sleeping Children Around the World!

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Giving a good night's sleep the world over

Ken and his SCAW team are welcomed to the Philippines. From Philippines 2008

As reported in the Guelph Mercury
February 6, 2009

CHRISTIE ZIMMER

A woven sleeping mat, a child's pillow and orange pillow case, a soft blanket and mosquito net, three sets of brightly coloured T-shirts and shorts, a pair of sandals, socks, a handkerchief, school supplies, a backpack, a raincoat, a towel and washcloth and a package of toothbrushes.

Last week, Hillsburgh resident and travelling volunteer Ken Graham pulled these items one by one from a large plastic bag printed with a heart and the words "gift of love," and laid them on the carpet in my living room.

As he told me about the rationale for each item's inclusion in the package, my youngest daughter, who is nearly two, bounced happily about the room, collecting the shorts and T-shirts and sorting them into piles while trying to hold the sandals on her tiny feet.

"Our priority order is something comfortable to sleep on, then clothing, then school," Graham said.

As I watched my daughter, I wondered if a child a world away might react in much the same way.

For his part, Graham need not wonder. In April, this grandfather of 10 will board a plane for the Philippines. It will be his seventeenth trip overseas for Sleeping Children Around the World, a unique charitable organization he has worked with since 1991. During his two-week stay in the Philippines, Graham and five fellow Canadians will distribute 6,000 bed kits similar to the one he showed me to children in need.

$35. That is the cost of one kit and Sleeping Children ensures that 100 per cent of every bed kit donation goes directly into that heart-printed plastic bag.

"It's what drew us in the first place," Graham said. "Every cent goes to the children."

How is this possible?

Travelling volunteers like Graham pay their own way, covering the expenses of their own airline tickets, accommodations, and ground transportation to distribution sites.

Operating costs, including the salary of the Sleeping Children's one employee, are paid by a trust established by the charity's founder, Murray Dryden of Toronto.

And the organization does not advertise. Instead it relies entirely on word of mouth communication about its work. It never solicits donations.

"You give from love," Graham said. "Not guilt."

Clearly, this strategy works.

This year, Sleeping Children will distribute its one millionth bed kit in one of the 33 countries it serves; countries in which the average household income amounts to a dollar or two a day.

"You and I can't imagine that," he said. "If a child can get a good night's sleep, he'll be able to have a good day at school the next day. And it's not just the child who benefits; it's the entire family."

And how does Graham feel about contributing his financial resources, in addition to his time and skills, to give a child a good night's sleep?

"If you had any idea how much I get out of it," he said, trailing off and taking a deep breath. "I don't begrudge one cent."

Christie Zimmer lives and writes in Guelph. Email her at christiezimmer@rogers.com.

A child's slumber is this family's dream

As reported in The Globe and Mail
February 2, 2009
THIS COUNTRY: THE DRYDEN CLAN SETS FORTH
ROY MacGREGOR

Somewhere amidst all the doom and gloom there has to be a silver lining.

There was last time - even if Murray Dryden didn't see it right away.

But the math is simple enough: no Great Depression, no epiphany, no coming trip to India for the heirs of Murray Dryden.

Two weeks from tomorrow, the Dryden clan - Murray's son and daughter, a daughter-in-law, a granddaughter, grandson-in-law, four great-grandchildren and a stepson, stepdaughter and step-grandson from a much later second marriage - will set out for Pune, India.

"We want to complete the circle," says Dave Dryden, Murray's older son.

His younger son, Ken - the Hall of Fame goaltender who now blocks shots on Parliament Hill - would be there, too, if he weren't recovering from hip-replacement surgery.

The Dryden "team" is headed for an orphanage where, 39 years ago, Murray Dryden handed the first child a small kit that contained just enough material - ground sheet, blanket, pyjamas, a few incidentals - to allow that child a fair night's sleep in a world that can be stunningly unfair to children.

Debbie Will-Dryden holds a child while working with the charity Sleeping Children Around the World during a trip to Uganda in 2008.

Murray, one of the great dreamers, set a goal for himself that before he was done he would make sure that a million poverty-stricken children had a "bed kit" of his or her own.

He didn't quite make it, passing away three years ago at 92, but he came close enough that it will happen this year. Dave Dryden, himself a brilliant goaltender in the old days of the World Hockey Association, knows when and where but prefers not to say.

Instead, he likes to think, "Every child we give a bed kit to in 2009 is the millionth."

Sleeping Children Around the World is a unique charity. One hundred cents of every dollar raised ends up in a bed kit. Volunteers put the kits together and volunteers, entirely at their own expense, travel to the most destitute parts of the world to live up to Murray Dryden's belief that a safe and good night's sleep is a basic right of childhood.

Murray was the eldest of eight children raised on a farm near Domain, Man. He fared poorly at school, dropped out and tried to make his way as a salesman just as the Depression hit. He sold anything he could - silk stockings, can openers - and he kept a small diary that hints at how truly hard life can be in hard times.

"June 23-28: Put in terrible week. Made less than $10. Slept on the office floor the last couple of nights and ate only when in dire need ... but there is always a better day coming."

But there wasn't, not for the two years he wandered. He barely ate. He hopped freight trains. He once walked from Regina to Moose Jaw. He nearly froze to death. He slept, when he could, in parks and empty office buildings.

But every once in a while a phrase would sparkle in his diary: "Outlook brighter."

He had that epiphany in Northern Ontario, freezing on the roadside as cars refused to stop for him. Who could blame them? He began to weep and words to an old hymn came to him:

The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.

A car stopped. He made it to a farmhouse and hoped for a haystack to sleep on, only to be invited in for food, tea and a real bed.

He never forgot what that meant.

Murray Dryden survived the Depression and emerged a superb salesman: a big, hearty man people instinctively trusted. He found success in construction and Christmas trees. He married kindergarten teacher Margaret, and they moved to 28 Pinehurst Cres., Islington, where the two boys and Judy were raised and where their eccentric father had the backyard paved so the kids could play hockey all year round.

Standing at Judy's bedroom door one evening watching the child sleep led to this crazy idea that you give small comfort to children who have none. Sleeping Children, to this day, is still run out of the home with the paved backyard.

He put millions of his own money into the charity - even donating his Christmas tree farms - but something about its simplicity attracted an endless line of volunteers. Ten years after Margaret died in 1985, he married Theda Burton, a woman he had once dated in his youth and whose name he came across in a contribution. After Theda's death, her children joined the Dryden children in carrying on the legacy.

They will go to India and pause in remembrance of a big, laughing man who sneezed too loudly, once tried out an ill-advised toupee and wore suits that Don Cherry would applaud. "He was the 1970s before the seventies ever happened," Ken said in the eulogy he delivered at his father's funeral, "and his clothes never left the seventies."

But they will also remember a man who also never left the Dirty Thirties, who came out of a long Depression determined to make the world a better place.

"If we want to know more about our father," says Dave Dryden, who now regularly travels for Sleeping Children, "we need to do this.

"It was such a big part of his life, but we didn't really know it.

"We knew he was doing it, of course - but until you go yourself, you can't really know what it means."

rmacgregor@globeandmail.com

Couple off to help Sleeping Children charity

SCAW Kolkata team (Left to right}: Irene Harrison, Janet Wilson, Shannon Rourke, Jan Pearce, Ron King, and Mary Ann King.

From the Peterborough Examiner &
the column "Bobcaygeon Local" in the Lindsay Post
January 9, 2009

by Lisa Dever

On January 14, Ron and Mary-Ann King of Bobcaygeon head off to Kolkata, India to volunteer with the Canadian charity Sleeping Children Around the World. The Kings, who have lived in Bobcaygeon for forty-two years, first became involved with the charity six years ago. In those six years, they have traveled to, among other places, Uganda and Bangladesh, all at their own expense and all to help with a cause in which they strongly believe.

Sleeping Children Around the World, or “SCAW” as it is known, provides bedkits to children of all races and religions who need them the most. Each “bedkit” contains a mat or mattress, pillow, sheet, blanket, mosquito net (if applicable), clothes outfit, towel and school supplies. Contents of the bedkits vary slightly from county to country, depending on regional requirements. The contents for each kit are manufactured in the same country in which the kit will be distributed.

The charity, founded in 1970 by Murray and Margaret Dryden (parents of Dave and Ken) has raised over twenty million dollars and will this year deliver its millionth bedkit. What seems to distinguish SCAW from many other charities is the lack of administrative overhead. The charity is run by volunteers, but for one paid staff member, and that person is paid from a trust fund established by the Drydens years ago. All volunteers pay their own travel expenses. No funds are spent on advertising; the charity relies on word of mouth.

The Kings expect to deliver between five hundred and eight hundred bedkits per day during their visit to India. Each kit is labelled with the donor’s name and country and delivered to a child in need. The child is photographed with the kit and the photograph is mailed directly to the donor. Each kit costs only thirty five dollars (Canadian). Ron and Mary-Ann suggest that kits make a great birthday or “in memoriam” present. Visit the Sleeping Children Around the World website at www.scaw.org.

Safe travels Ron and Mary-Ann!

Owen Sound: 40 bedkits from OSCVI

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

A cheque for $1400 or 40 bedkits was presented today to SCAW by students from OSCVI.

Fundraising efforts included bake sales by the World Issues class, raffles by the Friends of Stanley class, and penny jars in each homeroom.

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Children helping children = 43 bedkits

Submitted by Pat and Brian Tuddenham

Thought that we would let you know about something that we are really excited about. These kids have really done a great job.

The students and staff of Hillcrest Public school in Cambridge have been industriously wrapping pennies these past two weeks.

Children helping Children.

Kindergarten girls and boys bringing in sticky handfuls of pennies; older students generously providing from their piggybanks, sometimes enough to provide a whole bedkit. Working together, four hundred Canadian children have raised enough donations to provide forty-three bedkits.

The opportunity to help other children really seems to have touched a chord with these young people, their parents, and teachers. Their enthusiasm and generosity have overwhelmed us.

Christmas and Sleeping Children make an excellent match.

Hope that you have a very Merry Christmas.

All the best,
Pat and Brian

Repaid in smiles: One volunteer’s experience with 8,000 children in Bangladesh

Doug in Bangladesh. From Bangladesh 2008 Photo Album

As published on CharityVillage.com

by Louise Chatterton Luchuk
December 22, 2008

CharityVillage founder, Doug Jamieson, and his wife Pat have donated to Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW) for several years now. SCAW donations provide bedkits to children in underdeveloped and developing countries. Bedkit items are specific to each country, but typically consist of a mat or mattress, pillow, sheet, blanket, mosquito net (if applicable), new clothes, towel, footwear, and school supplies. SCAW is a volunteer-driven organization and every dollar donated goes to purchase the bedkits. All administrative costs, including salary for their one employee, are covered by an endowment set up by founder Murray Dryden (father of Ken and Dave Dryden). This October, however, Doug Jamieson took things one step further and traveled to Bangladesh to help distribute 8,000 of these bedkits.

Says Doug, "My wife and I have donated because we like the idea behind the cause - that a good night's sleep is essential for a child's health and ability to learn at school. I decided it was time to see this work up close for myself." Like all SCAW volunteers, Doug covered his own travel and accommodation expenses. In addition, he did some fundraising with his CharityVillage teammates, friends, relatives and neighbours. The response was fantastic and totalled enough money to purchase 300 bedkits.

An event of a lifetime for all

During the two weeks in Bangladesh, Doug and his five Canadian teammates worked with volunteers from the Rotary Club and Lions Club in Dhaka. After the children donned their new outfits and had their photos taken in front of sample bedkits with plaques bearing donor’s names, they moved on to where Doug was stationed. It was Doug who had the joy of handing out the bedkits to each child. He says he enjoyed the assignment immensely because he got to see the smiles on the children’s faces when they got their hands on their very own bedkit! While Doug and the team worked in a cordoned off area, hundreds of people milled around and watched intently. "This is a very big event - possibly the biggest thing in living memory in some places where the distribution happened," he explains. "It seemed to me that life stopped for a while and everyone converged on the distribution site. People wanted to know what was going on and be a part of it."

"It seemed to me that life stopped for a while and everyone converged on the distribution site. People wanted to know what was going on and be a part of it."

On the largest distribution day, 1,300 bed kits were distributed and it took seven hours and an overnight steamer trip there and back again. Doug admits that it was pretty intense and tiring work (with only one day off), plus lengthy travel that was often over rough roads. Despite the bumpy ride, travel time provided a great opportunity to chat with team members and reflect on the experiences.

How do you put it all into words?

"Unless you've seen it," remarks Doug, "it's hard to convey the pervasiveness of the poverty and the spirit of the people. To our eyes, there seems to be a kind of disconnect there. While most have virtually nothing by our standards, they make their way with determination and good humour." Everywhere Doug and the team went, the people they met were entrepreneurial, hardworking, generous and friendly. He saw a lot more smiles on the streets of Dhaka than he witnesses on the streets of Toronto. Notes Doug, "I think if most of us were dropped into that society, we would have a very difficult time surviving, let alone maintaining a positive attitude."

Doug saw the country and met the people in a way that no tourist ever could. He talks about the many, many things he learned on his trip. Particularly interesting are his observations about philanthropy and community involvement. In Bangladesh, there’s no public funding for charitable work. It’s all privately funded and service clubs are the delivery vehicles. Without those service clubs, there wouldn’t be any civil sector in the way it exists in North America. He was really impressed by the commitment of service club members: "These were people of the business and professional class who had achieved a certain level of success, representing a very small slice of the total population. But they very clearly invested back in their community, both in terms of time and money. In Canada, people usually work through an organization, but there it was much more direct. Often it involved people going back to their community of origin to do something very personal and direct for the people."

When Doug returned home, he couldn’t stop thinking about what he had seen and been a part of in Bangladesh. "It's hard to put this into words," he declares. "It was like a movie playing in my head. I think I was just trying to make sense of everything I had seen and figure out whether we made much of a difference by going there. I've talked with others who have made these trips, and they describe similar reactions." Deep down, Doug knows, though, that he and his team made a difference in the lives of 8,000 kids and their families and he feels good about that. He also has a different perspective on life in developing countries. It’s not surprising, after listening to Doug talk about his Bangladesh experience, to know that he definitely intends to do it again.

In 2009, SCAW will reach their millionth child. If you would like to help them toward this goal, visit www.scaw.org.

To hear more about the trip in Doug's own words, check out the video he put together:

Family Skate for Sleeping Children

Steven, Rita, Adam & Liana Pinnock are hosting a skating party at the Pine Point Arena in Etobicoke to support Sleeping Children Around the World.

In their announcement flyer they say:

Join us for our "Family Skate." (Bring your hockey sticks.)

You, your friends, and extended family members are invited to our 3rd Annual Christmas Skating party.

This year we will be supporting "Sleeping Children Around the World."

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Excel Funds donates to Sleeping Children

Submitted by Lynette Jenkins

In an email sent to its clients, Excel Funds notes that:

'in lieu of traditional Christmas greetings we are making a donation to "Sleeping Children Around the World" in their important endeavour of providing children around the globe the comfort of a good night's sleep.'

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Global News: Consumer SOS

INTRO: "The holiday season is a time of giving, so if you're planning on making any charitable donations this year, there are a few things you should know. In tonight's Consumer SOS, Sean O'Shea has some advice on how to make sure your donations are getting to the people who need it most."

Sleeping Children Around the World is given as an example of a 100% charity — the entire $35 donation goes to the child. Please note though that we don't ship bedkits to the child. The bedkits are assembled by Sleeping Children's overseas partners in the country where they are distributed.

Sleeping Children: A bit of history

A brief history of Sleeping Children Around the World's founder, Murray Dryden.

You can also watch in high quality.

Sleep-over at Casa Loma for SCAW

Submitted by Lynette Jenkins

"Marc Garneau Collegiate has a Kiwanis Key Club one of the largest in the district of "Eastern Canada and the Caribbean" that is supported by my Kiwanis Club of East York - and they had a sleep-over earlier this year and raised over $3,000 for SCAW. 126 Bedkits are to be delivered and I had the opportunity of giving some of them out in Nicaragua in October."

"Dave Dryden did a presentation at their annual convention and the students convinced the rest of the Key clubs in the area to make SCAW as their charity of choice for the 2008/2009 year!"

"The students are now having a mega-sleep-over at Casa Loma this Friday and Dave has been invited to do a presentation, and I am going too."

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Christmas in the Bag Craft Show

Submitted by Eileen Rademacher

Sunday, November 30th 2008
APPLEWOOD HOMESTEAD
The John Shaver Woodsworth Homestead Foundation
450 The West Mall
(North on Burnhamthorpe)
Etobicoke, Ontario
10am - 3 pm

"I will have a table selling cards, calligraphy and small art works. All proceeds will be donated to SLEEPING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD."

"I look forward to seeing you there."

Eileen Rademacher

Hillcrest Elementary School penny drive

Pay it forward to Sleeping Children

From the Hamilton Spectator, November 18, 2008:

PAUL MALLEAU
THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR

HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Nov 18, 2008)
In our class, we learned about something called Pay It Forward, and we have been practising it. Pay It Forward is about doing something nice for someone for no reason. You just do something kind to be nice. Maybe the person whom you are nice to will do something nice for someone else. Then that person will do something nice for someone else, and it keeps on going. If we all do it we can make the world a better place. Sometimes it is just a smile or if a family member is sick, I make them chicken soup.

-- Kayla Wood, Hillcrest Elementary School

This is all about an act of kindness. It can even save your life. When I was little (about five years old) a car almost hit me and my friend Stephanie, who was 11 years old. We were walking across the road. The car was coming, so she pushed me onto the sidewalk. The car hit her leg and broke it, but she was OK. I will always remember that she did such a good thing to help me, so I always try to be nice to other people now.

It will make the world a better place if we even help one person a day to feel good.

-- Kanisha Kuhun, Hillcrest Elementary School

Pay It Forward is all about being nice to people. Sometimes we pay people back for what they do, but now we pay it forward so even if they are not nice to us, we are nice to them. We are paying it forward to the Sleeping Children Around the World because we have had a penny drive and raised more than $800 to send to the children who do not have a nice place to sleep. Last year, we raised more than $1,000. Maybe the kids in Africa will pay it forward to other kids.

Sleeping Children's 2009 Calendar

Sleeping Children around the World has a 2009 calendar celebrating our millionth bedkit. In Canada, you can order online with our PayPal Shopping Cart. Price ($20/CAD) includes mailing costs.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Lynette Jenkins, the entire $20 goes towards buying bedkits.

If you're not in Canada, you can order a calendar from the Lulu website for $20/US. We receive $5/US for each calendar you buy from Lulu.

All photos, taken by our travelling volunteers, show some of the children receiving bedkits at our most recent distributions. Click on the photo above to see a larger version of the cover. All photos are shown in high resolution at the Lulu website.

Photo Credits:

1. January (Kolkata): Irene Harrison
2. February (Chennai): Tom Belton
3. March (Mumbai): Doug MacDougald
4. April (Philippines): Brenda Porter-Lockhart
5. May (Togo): Loreen Cumming
6. June (Uganda): Debbie Will-Dryden
7. July (Kenya): Sue Orr
8. August (Tanzania): Warren Wagstaff
9. September (Sri Lanka): Genille Gimbel
10. October (Honduras): Patsy Leamon
11. November, left (Tanzania): Katie Sandiford
12. November, right (Togo): Leslie Banner
13. December (Bangladesh): Dave Dryden
14. Cover photo, top right (Nicaragua): Ted Swanston

Kettleby Herb Farms helps Sleeping Children

Sue Britnell of Kettleby Herb Farms writes about giving in her November, 2008 newsletter under the heading To Give or Not to Give? .... that is the question.

"These times are certainly challenging and this has stirred a desire in me to give something back. I am thankful for my lifestyle, my health, my children’s independence and freedom to live their lives as they choose. I feel quite fortunate, I have a job/lifestyle that I love, family I can count on, great friends and I still have my sense of humour. Maybe we need to be shaken up once in awhile to appreciate what we do have and perhaps, consider what we have to give others."

"So, I have spent this past while investigating charitable possibilities. This is not to say that I have not been charitable in the past, like most, I have donated to an assortment of charities in varied ways both personally and through Kettleby Herb Farms. …United Way, Red Cross, Salvation Army, National Institute for the Blind, Community Garden Programs, etc., but in these cases I have not initiated the donation, I have only responded to a request. This is something different to me…No, I am not in a position to write a big cheque…..I want to find something to which I can give a meaningful contribution in terms of time and commitment."

You can read the rest of her article on her website ... what she's come up with will help Sleeping Children Around the World buy bedkits:

From now until Christmas our new ‘Fab Four’ gift pack (pictured at right) (the perfect gift for the all the ‘cooks’ on your list!) will be specially priced at $35.00 (regularly $38.00)-see already a deal! To entice you even more, I will also waive our standard $4.00 handling fee on all orders that include this gift pack ….And finally to ‘close’ the deal… I will donate $5.00 from each sale of this gift pack to the ‘Sleeping Children Around the World’ Charity."

Click on the photo to get all the details.

Thanks Sue, and all your online customers.

PRESS RELEASE: Local Veterinarian Helps Needy Children in Bangladesh

From Bangladesh 2008 Photo Album

Doug MacDougald travelled as part of a team of six Canadians to help needy children in Bangladesh by distributing bedkit items to children who have never known the comforts of a proper bed. All team members travelled at their own personal expense to ensure that 8000 of the world’s neediest children would receive bedding items, clothes, mosquito nets and some simple school supplies. The team travelled throughout northern and central Bangladesh by various conveyances including rickshaw, barge, country steamer, baby taxi and van!

Doug has made a passionate commitment to a Charity that has been supported for many years by his parents. SLEEPING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD has been a part of his life for the past 20 years. I addition to this, his father flew for the Royal Canadian Air Force and was stationed in what is now Bangladesh in 1944 and 1945. In a small way, Doug feels that he is returning home!

SLEEPING CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD is an exemplary Canadian Charity which from its inception has distributed over 950,000 bedkits to needy children in 33 different developing countries. Its founders, Murray and Margaret Dryden, parents of hockey legends Dave and Ken Dryden established this Charity in such a way that 100% of all donations go directly to the child who receives the bedkit. The Toronto Star recently listed this Charity as among its top five in Canada!

The bedkit that was distributed in Bangladesh contained articles of critical importance to the children. This included such items as:

• 1 mattress
• 2 mosquito nets
• 1 blanket
• 2 sheets
• 1 Gamcha ( all-purpose towel or scarf )
• 1 girl’s Salwar and Kameez or 1 Boy’s shirt and pants
• 1 pajamas
• 1 sandals
• 2 shawls
• 1 school bag
• 1 lunch box with drinking mug
• 1 pencil, sharpener and eraser
• 1 school notebook

Also available for download as a PDF file.

Click for high-res photo of Doug in Bangladesh.

For more information please contact Tamara Kaftalovich, Account Executive, Maverick Public Relations Inc @416-640-5525 or visit the Charity website @ www.scaw.org

Owen Sound Display for Sleeping Children

For the 15^th year in a row, St. Thomas and St. George's Anglican Churches in Owen Sound have set up their display at the Heritage Mall to promote Sleeping Children Around the World and sell bedkits.

Looking after things on Friday morning were (back row, left to right) Tom Hart and Carl Dickey, (front row, l to r) Gail Willcock and Pat Dickey.

Helen Morrison of St. Thomas reports that 16 volunteers helped this year and collected 47 bedkit orders so far. Collection jars made enough for three more bedkits. The campaign is on until Christmas. Potential donors in Owen Sound can contact the churches for more information or a donation form.

If you're not in Owen Sound, you can always download a copy of the donation form from the Sleeping Children website at this link.

An Evening with Lynette and Friends

The pleasure of your company is requested at
"An Evening with Lynette and Friends"
A Benefit Concert by Artists from
The Kiwanis Music Festival and Guests
In support of
Sleeping Children Around the World

Saint James' Cathedral
65 Church Street, Toronto
Saturday, November 29^th, 2008
5 - 7 pm
$10 per ticket

For further information, please email Lynette.





You will also be able to buy the SCAW 2009 calendar at this event. Lynette Jenkins has sponsored the printing of this calendar in memory of her mother, Renée Dorothy Jarman, (pictured at left) and for all mothers everywhere.

Our calendar shows children who have received bedkits from Sleeping Children Around the World in the past year and celebrates that in 2009 we will reach our millionth child.

You can click on the graphic or this link to enlarge the poster, and you can see all the pages of the calendar at the Lulu website.