Children's teddy bears get hospital check-ups
Royal Papworth Hospital held an open day as part of the Cambridge Festival to share its work more widely. Visitors of all ...
The new Sandy Hook Promise PSA will make every parent hug their child tighter
After she lost her youngest son, Dylan, at the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, Nicole Hockley received a teddy bear as a gift. On its belly in blue were embroidered the words: “Heaven’s Angel.
Sandy Hook Promise releases powerful PSA to combat gun violence
A Teddy's Bear Dream aims to emphasize the importance of a safe and happy childhood, free from the terror of gun violence.
CSX Jacksonville assembles 1,000 cuddly companions for deployed service members' children
Employees at CSX's Jacksonville headquarters recently gathered to assemble 1,000 teddy bears to comfort children of deployed U.S. service members.
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it sold poorly ...
A New Survey Finds 80 Percent of Parents Think Gun Violence Changes What It Means To Be a Kid in America
When Hockley sent her first-grader to school on December 14th, 2012, she had no idea that their morning goodbye would be ...
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Great Teddy Bear Run returns for 25th year
The Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s Great Teddy Bear Run will be returning for its 25th year on April 26 to help raise awareness about child abuse and support local children.d ...
North Providence students donate over 150 teddy bears to kids in tough situations
Nearly 200 teddy bears and stuffed animals were collected from the bins placed all around town. The group sorted them before ...
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St. Brendan's Catholic School fifth grader is collecting teddy bears for Kada's Promise
Miss Okaloosa County Teen USA Kadance Fredericksen, who founded Kada's Promise, died at 18 years old in a car crash on Feb.
Inova Loudoun plans teddy bear clinic to make doctor’s visits less scary for young kids
Young kids will get the chance to watch their stuffed animals get vaccinated, weighed and have X-rays taken as part of Inova Loudoun Hospital’s Teddy Bear Clinic on Saturday.