Educational Toys for Refugee Kids

My name is Lisa Charles and I live in Meaford, a small Canadian Land Forces based community in Central Ontario located on the shores of Georgian Bay. I am trying to raise money to buy new educational toys for play based learning for the Syrian refugee children who will be living at CFB Meaford. The funds will be spent on indoor and outdoors toys. In early 2016, there will be 500 refugees that will be living in accomodations that are in the process of being winterized at the Meaford Base. Our Winters up here can be very cold and long and some days you just cannot play outside as the elements prevent you from doing so. Children need to keep their bodies and minds active all while having fun, that is what childhood is about. I am hopeful we can get enough funding to provide these children with toys that are both educational and fun. Many if not all of these children have lost all of their toys, some have never had many to begin with. Regardless of Race, Religion and Creeds, ALL children speak the international language of PLAY. To play you don't have to share a language because playing is always the same to any child, it is innocent, fun and imaginative. These children have suffered beyond anything our children will ever have to suffer, so please open your hearts and wallets and donate anything you can to a child who is in need. Please think back to when you were a child and i am sure your fondest memories can be traced back to childhood. Please help me give these children a childhood full of memories. So one day they can look back and have the same. Thank you for your kindness and generosity.