The Mother Bear Project is a
grass-roots, non-profit group dedicated
to providing comfort and hope to
children, primarily those affected by
HIV/AIDS in emerging nations, by giving
them a gift of love in the form of
hand-knit and crocheted bears. To
date, 27,300 bears have been sent to
South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland,
Lesotho, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Burundi,
Malawi, Botswana, Rwanda, Uganda,
Namibia and other countries as we find
out more about children in need.
grass-roots, non-profit group dedicated
to providing comfort and hope to
children, primarily those affected by
HIV/AIDS in emerging nations, by giving
them a gift of love in the form of
hand-knit and crocheted bears. To
date, 27,300 bears have been sent to
South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland,
Lesotho, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Burundi,
Malawi, Botswana, Rwanda, Uganda,
Namibia and other countries as we find
out more about children in need.
is helping and hoping you will help too.
To date, Lovelyarns has shipped 204 bears!
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
Stop by the shop and pick up a pattern to knit a bear.
Lovelyarns is happy to supply all yarn you need, and we will pay the additional $3.00 to ship and distribute
your first bear.
This money goes directly into shipping the bears air-mail through the US Postal Service and taxes and duty on
the receiving end in Africa.
(We are more than happy to supply additional yarn for more bears, but you will be responsible for the $3.00
shipping on all additional bears.)
THEN WHAT?
Go home and knit! (or crochet!) This pattern allows you to be as creative as you like with color, texture, pattern,
etc. Then bring your bear to Lovelyarns and we will have you sign your first name on a tag and attach it to your
bear's wrist before we hang him on the wall for display.
WHERE DO THE BEARS GO? For a list of places the bears go, click where they go for the Mother Bear
website.
HOW DOES MY BEAR GET THERE?
Just drop your bear at Lovelyarns, and we will assemble a pack of bears to ship directly to the project
headquarters where they will sew a red felt heart on your bear and ship it to one of their partners for distribution
to the children.
HAVE A QUESTION?
Just click here: FAQ's
| Lovelyarns shipped our first load of 36 bears in December 2007! . |
| Here's a panorama of our Spring 2008 "Wall of Bears." |
| ...and off they go in April! 43 cuties line up to say goodbye |
| Here are lovely Julia and Jackie buried in the 45 bears we shipped at the beginning of October 2008 |
| May 2009 60 more bears off the wall and into the box! |
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Lovelyarns STORE HOURS: 846 w. 36th Street Baltimore, MD 21211 Mon, Tuesday Closed (410) 662- YARN (9276) Weds, Thu, Fri 11:00 - 5:30 email us at lovelyarns@verizon.net Saturday 11:00 - 6:00 or tweet us @lovelyarns! Sunday 11:00 - 4:00 |