Cambron said, “As she grew older I began to notice how deeply she loved her children.” “They had such an impact on my life, and it was important for me to do something to keep them close.” In Pearl’s memory, her parents founded Pearl’s Memory Babies to preserve their legacy. They began collecting dolls and dressing them up. The dolls were then donated to Shepherdsville nursing homes. As of now, the nonprofit has donated more than 300 dolls to nursing homes.
The nonprofit delivers baby dolls and stuffed animals daily to Alzheimer’s patients in order to support its work. Each doll is hand-delivered by volunteers who approach the patients humbly and compassionately. Their aim is to make the patients feel loved and comforted by presenting them with something they know and love. The residents love the stuffed animals and they help patients to remember what they love.
Sandy’s family moved the dolls to the nursing facility where Pearl died from Alzheimer’s disease in 2008. Sandy’s husband bought her a doll she loved as a child, and mechanical stuffed animals and television weren’t able to help her mother. She was so in love with her new doll that her husband gave them to other Alzheimer’s patients.
Pearl’s Memory Babies is a nonprofit that sends plush baby dolls to residents of assisted living and dementia homes. These adorable dolls help elderly patients remember their past lives as parents. The charity relies on donations to be able to give the babies away. One of the most popular and successful projects is the “Pearl’s Memory Babies” project. The campaign aims to bring joy and comfort to the residents with dementia and has received national recognition for its innovative approach.
Since Sandy and Wayne founded Pearl’s Memory Babies, the organization is raising money to buy life-sized dolls for patients. To give patients a glimpse of childhood, the dolls are dressed in baby clothes and wrapped with blankets. Blair stated that the dolls help patients “remember when we were babies”.