How it started

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In May 2006 two ladies sat down over a cup of coffee to talk about Bono (U2) and how his work with the One Campaign and Global Fund had inspired them both to want to ‘do’ something to help people in Africa.

But what to do? How to make a difference? We came up with a WILD idea!

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WE HAVE STRINGS!

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We Have Strings! Comfort Doll Project creates bracelets, earrings etc from used guitar and bass strings donated by our favorite artists. Cost is $40 for each item (which includes shipping worldwide), with 100% proceeds going to charity.

Order a bracelet of your choice in artist, style/color, and size, with the drop down menu below. Be sure to measure your hand first if a store bought bangle bracelet doesn’t fit you.

Guitar String bracelets
Colors (all colors include silver accent beads)
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Food Security from Dallas Smith & Sam Roberts Band strings

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Canadian Country artist Dallas Smith and Canadian rockers Sam Roberts Band have both donated strings to us in the past, and we found a few remaining strings in our archives. A week later and completed bracelets off to new owners, we were able to donate $335.00 to World Vision Canada… Continue reading

2023 Recap Year end

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2023 wasn’t much better than 2022 for most people, and that was reflected in our fundraising; being one of the leanest years in our history. We are thankful for Canadian Country artist Dallas Smith donating a huge amount of strings from him and his band. And we were able to… Continue reading

Aaron Pritchett Strings for Big Wheel Charity Classic

Aaron Pritchett and Sarah Bramley Big Wheel charity classic comfort doll project

Canadian Country artist Aaron Pritchett has helped our charity for many years, with Comfort Doll photos, and donating strings – so when Aaron created his Big Wheel Charity and was looking for donated items for gift bags – we jumped in with some of the used guitar strings Aaron had… Continue reading

Dallas Smith string results -nearly gone!

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Dallas Smith and his entire band donated a good many guitar and bass strings a few months ago when we saw them perform in Kamloops just as the pandemic was ending. We are down to the last very few, and have been able to donate a substantial amount to World… Continue reading Continue reading