Announcement    Leigh's Mission is a Non Profit Organization. We sew and distribute soft, snuggly Leigh's Blankies for children all over the world, providing comfort and warmth to orphans, foster children and kids in need.

Founded in 2010, we have made and distributed over 7000 blankies to kids in need in over 20 different countries!!!

Help us continue our mission of Showing God's love to children one blankie at a time. For every blankie you purchase, we are able to make and distribute FOUR more.

Leigh’s Mission

Leigh's Blankies, founded in 2010, sews soft blankies for children all over the world. We are continually providing comfort and warmth to orphans, foster children and kids in need. In 2011, after sending our blankies to Huruma Children's Home in Ngong Hills-Kenya, Africa, we were invited by the orphanage to teach the sustainable skill of sewing. It was such a successful journey that in 2013, we set up a permanent sewing program at the orphanage where they now have sewing supplies and a full-time seamstress sewing Huruma's school uniforms and teaching sewing to the students. The projects they craft and sew are sold in Huruma's Curio Shop to raise funds for the orphanage.

Upon visiting Huruma, our eyes were opened to the severe poverty level in Kenya and the challenges a young adult faces aging out of an orphanage. So, in 2014, we launched the "Hands to Home" project, providing young adults who have completed their high school education with life skills classes and a Housing Kit including basic home necessities. The Housing Kit includes: two months rent, financial assistance, a bed, a stove, home goods, and other basic necessities for making a house a home. All items are purchased in their small community to help support their economy. The Life Skills Courses include: budgeting, nutrition, sexual education and Biblical studies. Huruma Children's Home then provides transitioning orphans with employment at the orphanage for one year including training in a specialized trade. "I Am Huruma" (Nonprofit) accepts applications from these students over the following year for scholarships to African Universities. We are currently in the process of building transitional housing in Ngong, near the orphanage, for the students to live in for up to a year. The house, named Mama Leigh Ann’s Home, will provide a safe and secure place for the students to live as they adjust to life out on their own. With these programs in place, an orphan can age of out of Huruma with increased confidence and are equipped with sustainable skills to have success over poverty.

We are excited to share that because of our expansion to missions in Kenya, we have renamed our organization to "Leigh's Mission". Leigh’s Mission is a Non-Profit Organization in memory of the beautiful life of Leigh Ann Tonkinson, who inspired others to make a difference in the life of others.

Go to www.leighsblankies.com to learn more about this incredible ministry. Follow our progress on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!