Bears on Patrol is a non-profit set up to provide bears to patrol officer. These officers in turn pass them out to scared and hurting children when they are working difficult calls of domestic abuse, child welfare cases; etc. It is amazing how these children open up when there is a friendly object with them. I am so proud of my friends, Angie and Blake for tackling this project. I know about it first hand, because Bobby has patrolled for many years with a garbage bag of stuffed toys in his trunk.
They have received a request for 1,000 bears by the Philadephia police dept. This will come to $7,000 for the bears and cover shipping. Seems like a $7 a piece to comfort a young child is a bargain.
Please consider a donation. If not, read about what they have going on, pray for them and their endeavors, and more importantly....pray for the littlest victims. Their website is www.bearsonpatrol.org.
Hope you all have a blessed Sunday!
~MM
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Thanks so much for sharing this for us. Admittedly, it is a big project for us to undertake after just getting started, but I know we can do it.
The Philadelphia PD will be distributing the bears throughout several units, including Homicide, Special Victims, Narcotics, Major Crimes, and Criminal Intelligence. Any situation with the police can be scary for a child, but I can only imagine the situations where these units will be involved. Thanks again to you and everyone who supports this project.
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