Head O’Meadow

Students Donate ‘Bears That Care’

Teddy bears were donated by students from Head O’ Meadow to the Danbury Hospital Pediatric Department on Wednesday, December 10, when the school’s PTA Community Outreach Coordinator Amy Schmidt brought the bears to Pediatric Nurse Manager Debbie Henriques, RNC.

 According to Ms Schmidt, the students were collecting the teddy bears for the past five weeks, and dropped off their donations into a “Bear Bin” each Friday at the school. The teddy bears come with a heart-shaped tag with the first name of the student who donated it, then added a heart made of felt to a poster that read “Bears That Care.”

The school’s staff made a “bear-o-meter” on the side of the collection box to measure the success of the teddy bear collection process. “The students at Head O’ Meadow Elementary enjoyed the Bears That Care collection. To touch the heart of a sick child is something that really makes the true meaning of this season shine,” said Ms Schmidt.