Irish charity has US moms making toys for Russian orphans

An Irish charity has spearheaded an initiative to deliver handmade teddy bears to Russian orphans, writes Arlene Harris

Irish charity has US moms making toys for Russian orphans

THE Irish charity To Russia with Love (TRWL) has bridged international relations by encouraging American women to make toys for thousands of orphans in Russia.

Moved by TRWL’s animated YouTube film depicting a little girl, Anya, and her bear, Pascha, Allison Hoffman, from Texas, made a bear and sent it to TRWL’s head, Debbie Deegan, who passed it on to a Russian orphan.

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