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Terry's Pyjama's is back again! For those of you who don't know, my name is Jenn, and 5 years ago we started a project to honour my mum at Christmas. My mother loved Christmas, it was by far her favourite time of year, and one of her traditions was that every Christmas Eve all the children got new pyjamas. As we got older the giving extended to room-mates, partners and spouses, because all the "kids" had to have Christmas PJs for Christmas Eve. To honour my mother's memory and her giving spirit we began purchasing a new pair of Christmas pyjamas for every child who was a guest at Inn from the Cold on Christmas Eve.
Last year we invited our friends and neighbours to help us through Fundrazr due to the large number of children staying at the Inn. The good news is that this year the number of children and families staying at the shelter is down, but with the down turn in the economy and all that goes along with it, we could still use your help to make this magic happen.
Despite the economic situation, Inn from the Cold reports that families are having shorter stays at the Inn, with most families finding a place to call home within 2 weeks. Depsite that exciting news, there will still be children who call Inn from the Cold home over Christmas. Through this fundraiser we will be able to provide each of those children a little extra special gift, wrapped, with their name on it, ready to open on Christmas Eve!
Though I buy higher end brand names (Gymboree, Joe Boxer etc.) I shop smart and usually average $15 - $18 a pair of pjs, so for less than $20 you can help. In order to keep a consistency of brand and ensure that we have the sizes that are needed we would request no donations of pre-bought pyjamas.
If we surpass the amount of funds needed, the extra monies will be donated to Inn From the Cold Calgary, or if there's enough we will partner with another group helping homeless children and see if we can't spread Terry's Pyjamas around.
If you have a Christmas Eve tradition of pjs, or you have a happy memory of my Mum, or if you just want to do something to make a homeless child feel a little more normal at Christmas, please consider giving to this cause.
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