Bears Number 117 and Number 118 wish Happy 91st Birthday to President Mandela.
Today is Global Mandela Day. I’ve pledged 24,455 minutes of Bear knitting on the “handwall” of the Mandeladay website for the next year. That is 67 minutes a day for a year. I might not be able to knit every single day, but there are days when I knit two, three, or four hours. It's just a matter of writing it down. I’ve already done 120 minutes today, finishing two Bears.
Why 67 minutes per day? Nelson Mandela dedicated 67 years to fighting social injustice.
Why the "handwall?"The Mandela Foundation's Ruth Rensburg explains, "Mandela Day stems from Mr Mandela's call for new hands to lift the burden."
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