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Feb 27, 2009 11:10 am US/Central

93-Year-Old Knits 100 Bears For AIDS Kids

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) ― A 93-year-old Manitowoc woman has knit more than 100 teddy bears for children she's never met in a place she's never visited.

Every bear knitted by Phyllis Schmidt is sent to children in Africa affected by HIV or AIDS.

Schmidt sometimes spends five to six hours a day making teddy bears for the Mother Bear Project in Minneapolis. The nonprofit organization has distributed nearly 37,000 bears knitted by people from across the U.S. to children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Schmidt says she thinks about the thousands of children that are dying of the disease or have been orphaned by it. She hopes the bears bring some happiness to their lives.

Schmidt says she hopes to make another 100 bears in the next year.

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