I am Sylvia Stark Founder of The Teddy Bears of Hope Campaign. 
 
The Teddy Bears of Hope, is a campaign of Love and Hope from Children of Canada to Children in other parts of the world. Children who are lonely, underprivileged and caught in a web of poverty and despair due to no fault of their own. Every child deserves to smile and dream, with no regards given to their race, colour, religion or circumstance.

In 2004 the disastrous tsunami hit parts of Asia. Leaving many people without homes and many children without parents and complete families. Millions of dollars were being collected around the world for disaster relief. But in these countries children know no value to a dollar. I wanted to fill that emotional void that was not being filled “thus, the Teddy Bears of Hope was born”. We collected over 20,000 teddy bears from Canadian children. In the summer of 2005, Miss Teen Canada Int’l Amanda Klyn and I personally delivered those teddy bears to children living in children’s villages and orphanages. With the assistance of the Government of Thailand and Habitat for Humanity organization this was, a very rewarding and overwhelming experience for both of us!

Because of the success of this program, since that time we have delivered teddy bears to children in Cambodia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Philippines, India, Afganistan and many more locations, check out our amazing success stories. There are many more countries waiting for us to bring the program to them.

If you would like to bring a smile to a child’s face and make a difference to a child on the other side of the world, click here to find out how you can become involved. We need you! Together we can make a difference One Teddy Bear at A Time!