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Open Arms of Minnesota http://www.openarmsmn.org

Open Arms of Minnesota offers a unique model of care for people in our community who are sick, need nutritious food, and have no where else to turn for assistance. We are the only nonprofit organization in the state that prepares and delivers free meals specifically tailored to meet the nutrition needs of individuals living with serious and life-threatening diseases.

In 2007, Open Arms prepared and delivered 193,300 meals to over 900 clients living with HIV/AIDS, ALS, breast cancer, and MS, and to their dependents — an astonishing 39% increase over the record-setting 138,600 meals we provided in 2006.

In 2008, we are on track to prepare and deliver 250,000 meals.

Mother Bear Project http://www.motherbearproject.org

Volunteers with Arm In Arm in Africa, bring bears to the township of Guguletu, and Malungeni, South Africa each February. They take Mother Bears and distribute them to children they visit who have been affected by HIV/AIDS.

The Mother Bear Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing comfort and hope to children, primarily those affected by HIV/AIDS in emerging nations, by giving them a gift of love in the form of hand-knit and crocheted bears.

The simple gift of a hand-knit bear with a tag signed by the knitter has touched children who have nearly nothing in the world with the message that they are loved by someone halfway around the world. The response has been overwhelming, with people wanting to help from all over the world. Thousands of patterns have been distributed, and wonderful bears have been received from people of all ages, backgrounds and knitting abilities. It has brought people together to do something kind in the face of a horrible problem.

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A number of people in Guguletu have learnt a lot through traveling to other parts of the world and learning from the experiences of those they connect with.

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