i know I have shared this before but there are many new users here now so I will tell you the story again in a shortened version:
25th June last year upset me much more deeply than I ever thought possible. I am quite a spiritual person so while I was in bed one night feeling upset because at that time I believed michael was really gone, I asked in my head how I could help the world.
Long story ensues but this is how angelbear came about. I now own and manage a non-profit organisation which sends hand-knitted teddy bears (which I designed) to children who are vulnerable or disadvantaged in some way.
We are only really a month in and we have been featured in a magazine, are the 'charity of the month' in another next month, and I have been approached by two other publishing people wanting to write articles on the project.
Initially I was to be sending the bears to sick kids in hospital but hospitals AND hospices in the UK will not accept such donations due to infection control protocol. This is barmy as I'm an ex-nurse and no othet gifts are monitored so its a real shame.
Anyway I have made bear offers to childrens services who work with kids from low socio-economic backgrounds, womens refuges and childrens homes and am hoping to get some bears out in February.
By the way although I run angelbear as a business this is NOT benefitting me financially. My outlay (posting patterns to ladies who write from reading about angelbear in the media wanting a pattern) along with day-to-day running is WAAAAAY more than my income.....which stands at £5.77!LOL BUT, I have loads of bears and loads of people knitting bears, and I did this in memorium of Michael, not to become rich.
Good job really.......................... :lol:
