As we were excited to share with you a couple of months ago, Les Belles Bouclettes are now active supporters of the non-profit organization Forests Ontario. In addition to our ongoing donations of pattern and kit sales we were delighted to have the opportunity to donate to their White Pine Silent Auction, a much anticipated…
Becky Floyd and Kathie B. Curtis are the co-founders of Gallant Hearts Guide Dog Center in Madison, Mississippi. Becky has worked a guide dog since 1964, has always loved dogs and, as a child, obedience trained dogs, rode horses, and enjoyed a wide range of pets, including a Spider Monkey, an opossum, birds, ducks, chickens,…
Les Belles Bouclettes (and From Goats To Soaps) would like to introduce you to the next charity we are featuring. Gallant Hearts is a guide dog training facility in Mississippi. It is a younger organization, only incorporated in August, 2009 and received its tax exempt status in April, 2010. As you will see, being a…
We have invited my Aunt Hélène Bulger to be a guest on our blog. Together we would like to introduce this month’s Charity, the St. Amant Centre in Winnipeg Manitoba, and the Memorable Manitoban, the lady who in a very real sense founded the centre that is named for her, Beatrice St. Amant, my Great-Aunt.…
On May 13th, 1997 in a small town in eastern New York a black Labrador named Jolene gave birth to ten healthy wriggling puppies. Jolene was a special and well loved breeding bitch who lived with a family in this small town but belonged to Guiding Eyes for The Blind, a guide dog training facility located in…
To many, the iconic sound of a contented summer day is the soft hum of a honeybee as it drones in and out of blossoms. Most of us think of the product of that sleepy buzz as sweet golden honey. And of course, honey is what the bee has on its mind as it busily…
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