Dear Sylvia
This letter comes to you with great appreciation for all the efforts done by you and your great team for making the project "Teddy Bears of Hope" a big success. The Consulate General of Afghanistan appreciates your efforts an would like to thank you
for spending valuable times and efforts in completing this project.
 
I am sure that the fifty thousand "Teddy Bears" would bring happiness to tens of thousands of Afghan children. Your hard work and enthusiasm helped to achieve this success. Best Wishes to you and your team and I hope we can work together again the the future.
 
Please accept my sincere gratitude for the great job you have done for Afghan Children.
 
Yours truly,  Habibullah Qaderi
Consulate General of Afghanistan, Toronto
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August 2005
 
Dear Ms. Stark
The goods donated by The Teddy Bears of Hope should benefit the group of children effected by the Tsunami disaster. We would like to express our deep apprecaittion and gratitude for your kind donation.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Director-General - Department of Social Development and Wefare
Bangkok, Thailand

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May 23rd/2006
Dear Sylvia
 
Thank you and Miss Teen Canada Amanda Klyn for the donation of teddy bears to go to the Philippines.
These will be a great blessing to the children when they receive them. This is a gift many of these children could rarely hope for.
 
Once again, thank you so much and hope to see you again in the future.
Sincerely,
Len Crowe

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February 13/2007
Dear Sylvia

Thank you so much for the many teddy bears you sent so we could distribute them to our orphanges in the Philippines and Cambodia. The look of awe and excitment on the face of these children who have never received a gift before or held  their own teddy bears were priceless.
 
Keep up the good work for children around the wrold.
 
Thanks again
Len Crowe

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12 February 2007
 
Dear Sylvia
 
It is with great pleasure that I enclose with this letter two outstanding photos  for you, visiting the two country's wounded veterans from Afghanistan Campaign. You will be pleased to know that both soldier’s are recovering well, and that the visit was both an inspiration to the soldiers, as well as an incentive for them to continue the long road to recovery.
 
It is hoped that your future desire to visit with Canadian soldiers serving in Afghanistan, as well deliver donated teddy bears to the children pf Afghanistan, is accomplished. We will continue to assist wherever possible to coordinate this most worthy endeavor.
 
Sincerely, 
G.C. Mann
Colonel
Commander 32 CBG
National Defence
Toronto, ON

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Dear Ms. Stark,
We wish to extend a personal appreciation for your concern for the welfare of our soldiers, both deployed and those recuperating from injuries sustained in combat, our gratitude for your most worthwhile endeavors. We also encourage you to visit our soldiers whenever your schedule and availability permits.
 
I would personally like to thank you for your outstanding efforts. As a Canadian and a Soldier, I am extremely proud of your efforts to bring cheer and sense of civility to children in a less fortunate part of the world through the collection and distribution of teddy bears. Your visits to our wounded soldiers in Toronto reflect your selfless desire to carry an ambassadorial role, enlighten the soldiers involved and provide inspiration and motivation on their arduous road to recovery. Your efforts make it clear to all of us in the CF, that you are an outstanding Canadian and a true supporter of our Armed Forces.
 
LCol George Taylor
National Defence Head Quarters
Toronto/ Ottawa ON

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December 24, 2007
 
Message from Ambassador Samad:
 
As Ambassador in Canada for Afghanistan I am pleased and happy to support the Teddy Bears of Hope Campaign for Afghan Children from Canadian Children. To show love and hope from child to child in each of these countries, is a great show of compassion in our youth of today.
 
It is wonderful to hear that many Canadians, especially children, have responded enthusiastically to the call by Sylvia Stark President and Founder of The Teddy Bears of Hope, to collect teddy bears for Afghan Children. This is a sign of compassion and friendship for the children of Afghanistan and we thank everyone who is involved in this endeavor, including Miss Teen Canada Cassondra Paletta. I am very honoured that Ms. Stark choose our country as the next Tedddy Bears of Hope Project.
 
The Embassy and I look forward to continuing to work with The Teddy Bears of Hope Organization and Ms. Stark to seek the best way at the most opportune time to arrange wiht other interested parties who could help wiht shipment and distribution activites in 2008.
 
Sincerely
Ambassador Samad
Embassy of Afghanistan -Canada
Ottawa, Canada