Comforting Crafts Project

When I delivered our January Comforting Crafts Hug-a-Pillows and Palm Toys to Julie Campbell, the Lead Nurse in the Pediatrics Department at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, she shared with me a story about a 15-month old boy who was in their care who was watching a video on his I pad and she asked him who he was watching. He said Mickey Mouse so she went to get a palm toy and held it up to him, she asked him who that was and he said Mickey Mouse and reached out for it, his little hands opening and closing wanting the toy. She said the smile on his little face was unforgettable.
Submitted by Judy Herbst for chair Paula Fox

Last year Helen Lloyd lived in South Carolina via California. Then her and her daughter moved to Lincoln, NE. In the process of the moves she brought a project with her. Helen was making some Hug A Bears when she was an officer in the pioneers located in California. Helen had some bears made and sewed but she need some filler and a few other items to finish the bears she had.

The Heartland council had a meeting with director Elaine Housley at the Omaha Hug A Bear work site located at the Maple Ridge Retirement Center on 5 November 2019. Helen came up from Lincoln and met with Elaine at our meet and greet meeting with Elaine. Helen was the treasurer for the New Frontier Chapter and told all that she would like to finish the Bears she had brought with her to Lincoln. She talked with chair Steve Dawkins and he sent her home with some supplies to finish her bears.

Elaine finished the Hug A Bears and donated all of them to the Lincoln police department to give to children in the Lincoln area. The Lincoln police took a picture of Helen and her bears and posted it to their Facebook page. They thanked Helen and told her how much they appreciated the bears.