In the aftermath of the mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, a campaign to deliver huggable bears is bringing comfort and connecting survivors more than a thousand miles apart.
PUBLISHED 2:00 PM PDT Jul. 17, 2022LAS VEGAS —
King took to Facebook in late May asking for donations of $50, the cost of a single bear. She received not only monetary support, but the backing of people who offered whatever they could to help. A donor paid for King’s plane ticket from her hometown in Malone, New York, to Uvalde, and she flew to meet the five other volunteers who helped make this happen: Comfort Cub founder Marcella Johnson; board member Liz Tyson; ambassador Frania Black; and two fellow Oct. 1 survivors — Marianne Crane from Tennessee and Darlene McKnight from California.“Being able to see the looks on not only the kids, but the adults as well … when we would hand them a cub, they would smile,” Crane said.
The Comfort Cub is a “specially weighted therapeutic” stuffed bear for those who have experienced severe trauma, especially relating to the loss of a child. King discovered the California-based company four years ago while in intense trauma therapy as a result of the Oct. 1 shooting. She believes these bears have “such a calming effect,” and that “gifting these bears to others was even more healing” than using one herself.
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