GHANA Ron provides sewing machines for young single mothers in Ghana with no other source of income to support their children. Click here to read the article in the March/April 2006 issue of Teddy Bear and Friends.
		GHANA Ron immunizing a nursery for polio outside of Accra, Ghana October 2001, of course with his bear Asumgwi (means peace in Twi the most poplular language).
		ROMANIA Ron with the kids at Mia's Children, an afterschool facility in Bucharest, Romania September 2002.
		JAPAN Ron is seen giving donated bears to children in a hospital nursery after the destructive Kobe earthquake. 4,000 bears were collected and distributed in an effort with Linda and Wally Mullins and, of course, Elke.
		ENGLAND Jo & Roger Greeno greet Elke Block & Two visitors from The Japan Teddy Bear Fan Club at their garden house in England.
		JAPAN Edinburgh fabric is used to create realistic looking animals. Here is a photo of a recent Japanese ad.
		GERMANY Meeting at Schulte in Duisburg. Elke Block & Guenther Hofer (director of Schulte) Greet Yasu Shimizu from the Japan Teddy Bear Fan Club.
		HOLLYWOOD Our fabrics also appear in many TV and movie releases. This lynx was used by Paul Newman in a movie about Huey Long. The lynx was used to "hide the family jewels".
		THOUSAND OAKS, CA Children at Park Oaks elementry school in Thousand Oaks California use Edinburgh's scraps for making christmas decorations.