Adopt a Bear

News: The Adopt-A-Bear Firefighter Fund Press Conference

THE PROJECT

Adopt-a-bear is a grassroots non-profit campaign dedicated to fighting child abuse. Our daily mission is to help comfort abused, neglected and abandoned children –one teddy bear at a time! At the core of our adoption effort is the experience of children helping children. The “adoption” of the teddy bear by one child for another who is less fortunate, is a treasured gift for all. Of course, we encourage loving adults to adopt as well. The campaign was created by CBS-4 News Chief Investigative Reporter Michele Gillen in response to state budget cuts that endangered the gifting of bears by our Juvenile Court Judges. Thanks to you -the bears are being rescued - and so are the children.

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A special letter the Adopt-a-Bear team received after a recent event:

“On behalf of my team in the Emergency Department at Miami Children’s Hospital and as the Pediatric Medical Advisor to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, I’d like to express my appreciation to you and your colleagues for supporting Mr. Lestor’s legacy via the Adopt a Bear program. I can attest that those fuzzy little bears will have an impact much greater than their appearance would suggest! Children will be comforted and distracted from their pain and distress, family members will benefit from seeing their loved ones calmer, our firefighters will be better able to assess and treat their smallest patients in a more compassionate manner and we at the hospital will have happier, calmer children and families to care for. ”

Lou Romig MD, FAAP, FACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending and EMS Liaison Miami Children’s Hospital