LA MESA POLICE SEEK TEDDY BEARS FOR HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN

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December 10, 2010 (La Mesa)-- La Mesa Police Department seeks donations of teddy bears and other stuffed animals for the 20th Annual Regional Law Enforcement Teddy Bear Drive, which benefits children at Rady Children’s Hospital. The public is encouraged to donate new and unused teddy bears (with tags still affixed) or other stuffed animals, which can be dropped off in the La Mesa Police Department lobby in the designated barrels.

 

 

La Mesa Police Department is working with other regional law enforcement agencies and the host department, Coronado Police Department, on this drive. The Teddy Bear Drive’s original focus was to provide teddy bears to children spending time in the hospital during the holiday season, and so begins with a police caravan of stuffed animals to the hospital in December.

 

Now, each month throughout the year, officers from a different law enforcement agency distribute teddy bears to the children at the hospital. This allows more officers to interact with the children as well as allowing more children to receive a teddy bear from an officer. The teddy bears are also distributed all year long by hospital staff.

 

One bear can make a difference in a child’s eyes and can enhance the healing process. The goal is to keep Rady Children’s Hospital stocked all year long with new, unused teddy bears and stuffed animals. Please contact La Mesa Police Officer Lillie Chase at 619 667-7551 for more information.

 


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