"Sleeping Children Around the World" at the Fairmont, Upper Canada Room, 18 FL

Dave Dryden is Director and Chairman of the Board of Sleeping Children Around the World, a charitable organization founded by his parents in 1970.

Actively involved as a volunteer since 1993, Dave has been a Sleeping Children team member distributing “bedkits” including bedding, mosquito nets, clothing and school supplies to needy children in India, Bangladesh, Honduras, the Philippines, Kenya, Uganda, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.

The cost of each bedkit is $35.00

100% of all bedkit donations are used to purchase bedkit items. There are no deductions for administrative expenses.

 Sleeping Children believes in the concept of free will giving and as a result does not telemarket, mail solicitations or send reminders.

Since its inception Sleeping Children has distributed over 1,500,000 bedkits.

Dave has had a varied professional career as an elementary school teacher and principal, a professional hockey player for 13 years with the Chicago Black Hawks, the Buffalo Sabres and the Edmonton Oilers, and a consultant to the NHL addressing issues related to equipment and injuries.

He is the son of Murray and Margaret Dryden, one of 3 children (Ken and Judy), husband of Sandra for 53 years, with 2 children, Greg and Debbie, and a proud grandparent of 6 wonderful grandchildren.