Bears Find Perfect Home
Students from Shadow Ridge Middle School in Flower Mound, Texas, part of the Lewisville Independent School District, show off their knitted bears destined for PediPlace, a local facility that provides health care for area children who have no access to services due to economic, geographic, or cultural barriers. Each year, the students have a Teddy Bear Tea send-off when the bears are distributed. The program is the brainchild of librarian Deborah Svenson.
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