We give blood, we make a donation, we volunteer our time. We try in any small way to help the victims of this terrible tragedy that has overwhelmed our nation. Our littlest citizens need to help also. That's why we at MakingFriends.com have set up a program that is appropriate for even very young children to lend their support.

Here, on Long Island, many of our friends and family have been personally touched by the attack on the World Trade Center. Many of them are children who have lost parents or they have parents participating in the rescue effort. Either way, they are children in crises.

Our children can help in a special way by sending them a message of love and support. Our program is simple. Help your children, class, troop or group make patriotic paper doll "Friends". Have children attach a message along with their first name, age, city & state. Send the paper "Friends" to us and we will distribute them to schools, firehouses and hospitals throughout the metropolitan area.

You'll need paper, glue and scissors. Everything else is online. Just click on the links below. If you have older children who would like to get involved, we have a program for them also. Click here for details.

Here's what you do:

1. Print the paper bodies:
   Light Skinned Friends
   Dark Skinned Friends
   Tan Skinned Friends
   
2. Print Hair
   Hair for Friends
   More Hair for Friends
   
3. Print Clothes
   Patriotic Clothes
   More Patriotic Clothes
   
4. Print Talk Bubbles
   Talk Bubbles
   
5. Cut Out Pieces
   
6. Glue Hair and Clothes to Body
   
7. Write Message on Talk Bubble
   Include child's first name, age, city and state .
   
8. Glue Talk Bubble to Doll
   
9. Mail To:
   MakingFriends.com
   Children in Crises
   7 Dogwood Road
   Kings Park, NY 11754
   
10. Print Badges
    Badges
    
11. Tape or Pin Badges on participating Children

Links for Black and White Printing:

Friend Bodies
Hair, More Hair
Clothes, Badges

Make our paper doll "Friends" and we'll send them to children in crisis in the metropolitan area.

If you know a child or children in crises or live in the area and can help with distribution please email terri@makingfriends.com

To see a growing list of those who have already particpated in our program click here.

Links of Interest:

Talking To Your Kids About The "Terror" in Terrorism
Strategies for helping your children understand the crises.

Parenting Toolbox Parents Forum
Join in on the discussion about talking to your children about the disaster.

Helpful Links from ChildFun.com

More Projects with Patriotic Themes

Talking with Kids About the News

Helping Children Understand Crisis and Trauma

Talking to Children about Violence

How to Talk to Your Children About the News

American Red Cross
Information about disaster relief, volunteers, donating blood.

Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
Due to excessive traffic to the Red Cross web site, Amazon.com has set up a page to collect donations for the Red Cross.

New York City Emergency Information
Emgency Information, Transportation Information, Relief Efforts compiled by the New York Times.

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