Detroit Goodfellow Dolls

Here are the dolls my mom dressed for The Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit.  This organization has been coordinating volunteers to dress dolls to distribute as Christmas gifts to needy children in metro Detroit since 1924!  

You can register anytime in the Spring by reading this website and contacting Sari Klok-Schneider (sarigoodfellows@gmail.com).  The group has entire companies participating, with employees dressing hundreds of dolls, but they also welcome individual participants like my mom and me.  We requested 3 baby dolls and they arrived in the mail (complete with shoes, socks and underpants) ready for us to dress.  The program details are listed online.  This year my mom tracked down and purchased all the pieces we needed and we had a wonderful time gluing flowers and ribbons to their hats, sewing on a purse and making sure that their slips had some pouf. 

Here are "the girls", all ready to be loved.  We wrapped them in tissue and mailed them back to the Goodfellow's Headquarters a few weeks ago.  This fantastic program will distribute 12,000 dolls to children this Christmas!  I am so proud to be involved.  If you are interested in supporting this program, registration usually begins in March and the distribution of dolls to volunteers begins in May/June. 

I think every little girl should have a doll.  Are you with me?

Donating Dolls

I think every little girl should have a new doll at the holidays, don't you? 

My mom and I are volunteers for the Detroit Goodfellows Doll Program.  Each December since 1924, the Goodfellows have coordinated the volunteers and distribution of over 12,000 dolls to needy children in metro Detroit.

The dolls are mailed to us in the Spring, then we spend the Summer scouring local shops for pretty clothes and accessories.  Here are the girls, all dressed and ready to be loved.

If you are interested in supporting this program, registration usually begins in March and the distribution of dolls to volunteers begins in May/June. I will re-post this blog in March to remind you to sign up. 

I am so happy to have this opportunity to bring delight to some little girls. 

Goodfellows Dolls

Remember when my Mom and I bought clothes and dressed dolls for the Good Fellows organization?  I promised to let you know when the announcement went out looking for volunteers this year. 

I received an email looking for a commitment to dress dolls.  Over 12,000 dolls will be given to girls age 4-9 in Detroit at Christmastime this year.  If you are interested in helping, please read the details of the program below and contact Sari Klok-Schneider about the Goodfellows Doll Program.  You can click the "Doll" link on the Goodfellows web page and download the doll request form there, if you are able to participate.  Thanks!

Old Newsboys’ Goodfellow Fund of Detroit

PO Box 44444
Detroit, Michigan 48244-0444
www.detroitgoodfellows.org

Dear Doll Coordinator:

We will schedule the Doll Coordinator’s Recognition Luncheon for mid-May and will advise you of the date soon. In the meantime, please return the enclosed form as soon as possible so we can get you signed up for the 2011 program (dolls do go fast). We are hopeful that dolls will be available for pickup around the time of the May luncheon.  Thanks as always for your tremendous gift of time and talent. We greatly appreciate all of your efforts and look forward to your participation again this year.

Dolls for Goodfellows

This summer my Mom handed me an article torn from the newspaper titled, Get ready to dress the Goodfellow dolls.  I read on and learned that the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit has been coordinating volunteers to dress dolls to distribute as Christmas gifts to needy children in metro Detroit since 1924!  How did I not know about this?

I told her, "I'm in!" and we have been scouting doll shops for outfits and accessories ever since.  I emailed Sari Klok-Schneider (sarigoodfellows@gmail.com) to register and before I knew it, 3 baby dolls (complete with shoes, socks and underpants) arrived at my house ready for us to dress.  The program details are listed here.  We purchased all the pieces we needed and had a wonderful time gluing flowers and ribbons to their hats, sewing on a purse and making sure that their slips had some pouf. 

Here they are, all ready to be loved.  We wrapped them in tissue and mailed them back to the Goodfellow's Headquarters yesterday.  This fantastic program will distribute 12,000 dolls to children this Christmas!  I am so proud to be involved.  If you are interested in supporting this program, registration usually begins in March and the distribution of dolls to volunteers begins in May/June.  I will re-post this blog in March to remind you to sign up.

I think every little girl should have a doll.  Are you with me?