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Magic Dream Pillow Projects - Making dreams come true!

Learn More About Magic Dream Pillows

Why Pillows?

"Why pillows? Aren't these pillows just a big puzzle to people? Could they seem like just a token with little impact or meaning to many of these terribly poor families?" 

No. We have found that after giving pillows to several thousand children in Central America and Peru that magic pillows are received as long lasting, very personal gifts from the SOFTLY team. They convey our loving hope for comfort, safety, and assurance. And they are SOFT - like all children with their "blankie" - watch how these little ones hug their new pillows close to their smiling faces.

And what about the decorated pillowcases? Why are they called Magic Dream pillowcases? What is their importance?

When children capture dreams for themselves or other children using their own artistic expression they create magic. The pictures and designs, along with the prayers and affirmations are the last thing they see as they go to bed and the first images as they wake up. We often say: "What is held in mind will be created in kind." Or to quote the music from South Pacific - "If you don't have a dream; how ya gonna have a dream come true?"
 
The pillows are not meant to be end but a beginning - the beginning of a process of working together for general improvement in the life of a child. How can we move forward with what we need and want without being able to visualize it, affirm it, to pray for it?
 

Here is how an education unit and project might work in your church, school or community organization:
  1. Children learn about other children and families in Central America and Peru who do not even have beds to sleep on in the tiny shanties or orphanages they call home.
     
  2. Your group decorates pillowcases for the children's pillows. Using fabric paints and markers, create designs and affirmations as well as personal greetings and their names on the pillowcases. They may also decorate a companion pillowcase of their own to take home. Visualizing dreams and prayers while you sleep helps dreams and prayers become reality.
     
  3. SOFTLY volunteers will take the special pillowcases to Central America and Peru along with information about the church, school or community organization and artists who create them. The volunteers take pictures of the celebration when the kids receive their Magic Dream Pillows and send the photos and a report back to your group.

For more information please contact us by email at:  SOFTLYint@aol.com