WELCOME

Canada Comforts Society is entirely run by volunteers. Our mandate is to send Canadian love in a practical way to children whose lives have been consumed by poverty, war and/or oppression. Everything that is sewn, knitted or crocheted for Canada Comforts Society will be placed in the hands of a person in need.

Although we channel most of our items through the Compassionate Resource Warehouse, we also give to medical teams and other accredited organizations that work in Canada or abroad. We only send what is requested so there is no waste.

Items that we have been requested to make are for schools, medical centres, hospitals, refugee camps, orphanages and villages:

  • knitted bears for the children to cuddle
  • sewn drawstring bags to keep bears safe, for school bags, for menstrual and incontinent kits
  • blankets, quilts, afghans
  • dresses, skirts and boys’ shorts
  • aprons for cooking schools
  • receiving blankets, baby tops and knitted cotton washcloths for maternity packs
  • diapers
  • toques from 6months to adult
  • bibs from baby to adult hospital size
  • sweaters for all ages
  • slippers for hospitals
  • arm slings.

For most children they have never received anything new, so our gifts to them are truly treasured.

Our ‘core’ or first workshop started in 1992 and we began meeting at Juan de Fuca Seniors Centre in Colwood BC in 1997. We meet from September to the middle of June, on Tuesday mornings between 9:00am and 11:30am. We welcome anyone who would like to come and visit.

Throughout the whole year we have a monthly drop-off in the Juan de Fuca Senior Centre parking lot on the second Tuesday of the month from 10:00-11:00am. Many of our local members come and drop-off what they have made each month.

We are also very grateful for Coast Distributors who have been wonderful to us. They have three locations in BC - Kelowna, Surrey and Lantzville.  Many of our members drop-off at these locations and their gifts are transported to us at no charge.

Individuals and groups across Canada send us their knitting, crocheting and sewing. They are the backbone of our organization and we are so grateful to all of them.

 We can walk far when we walk together……….an African proverb