Kuddles for Kiddos Chapter
Roseburg, OR

Contact: Stephanie Whiteside

 

Update: April 2010
By Stephanie Whiteside

 

So far, the bears that the community has donated have gone to Hope Pregnancy Center, Doernbechers Children’s Hospital, The Child Center, Wings of Hope, Mercy Hospital’s Pastoral Services and Emergency Dept., Roseburg Fire Dept, Child Protective Services, and Operation Iraqi Children!

Please contact Stephanie for company and individual fundraising ideas, and for further donation information.

 

Update: January 2010
By Stephanie Whiteside

We are dedicated to comforting children in crisis situations such as abuse and neglect, loss of their home, chronic and terminal illnesses or injuries, separation or loss of loved ones, natural disasters or terrorism, and other traumatic events that may occur in a child’s life. Kuddles for Kiddos donates teddy bears to agencies that help these traumatized children, who then places the bears in the arms of a hurting child. Each bear has a personal note of encouragement that provides hope to the child in their time of hardship. The Bears in the upcoming drive will be donated to: Boys and Girls Aid, Scar, Toys for Tots, Mercy Medical Center, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Shriners Children’s Hospital, and several food banks and homeless shelters in the community. Please contact me if you know of any other agencies that would like a donation of teddy bears! We collected over 1,500 bears at the last drive! Thank you! Lets make this upcoming drive just as successful!!!

Chapter Information

Kuddles for Kiddos, Roseburg, Oregon chapter of Hugs Across America is up and running.

Stephanie has been having a lot of success!

At her last teddy bear drive she collected over 1,200 bears! Stephanie is working with an agency that works with developmentally delayed adults helping her tag bears with their messages of encouragement.  She has donated the bears to about 15 agencies so far, including a crisis pregnancy center, pediatric hospitals, a child bereavement program, fire departments, child abuse prevention agencies, and more!

Next up for Kuddkes for Kiddos is another teddy bear drive in the middle of September 2009.  Check out the Kuddles for Kiddos website. …kuddles4kiddos.vpweb.com