Teddy's For Hope-n-Hugs UPDATE!

Wow!

Rosie, can I just say, you are amazing!

What started out as one woman's goal to gather 100 teddy bears to send to the children who have been displaced and left homeless and with nothing in the world to call their own, in the wake of hurricane Katrina has now surpased her goals..and has it ever!

I told Rosie back when she first started and was lamenting the fact that she didn't see any bears rolling in yet that soon enough her cries would go from; "I wanna see some teddy bears" to "good Lord, what am I going to do with ALL these teddy bears, look at them all!"

Guess what? I was right!

As of Tuesday September 27th, the teddy bear count is at..................*drumroll please*

1343

That's incredible!!!!

I just want to take a moment to remind those of you who read this, and who have not already sent a bear (I know some of you have) to please take a few minutes to go out to the Teddy's For Hope-n-Hugs site and look at the incredible pictures of all those bears and then go out and get a bear and send it to those kids! Now, more than ever, with even more children being affected by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the need couldn't be greater.

It only takes a moment to run out and grab a teddy bear and pop it in the post. And think of the smile on a child's face and their eyes light up when they embrace a teddy bear. And gosh, just think how happy those teddys will be to finally have a child all their own to love and cuddle.

Again, I know many of you just like Gareth and myself have already reached deep into your pockets or have given of your time to aid those affected by the Hurricanes. All I'm asking is for you to reach a little deeper and help put a smile on a tiny face.

I've placed a link in the sidebar of the blog, or you can just click below to find more information on Teddy's For Hope-n-Hugs.

http://www.teddysforhope.blogspot.com/