A stuffed animal can help to calm the fears of a child whose world has just been torn apart.  The stuffed animal becomes a real friend in the emergency situation by giving the child something else to focus on and to hold on to during the crisis.

Many fire departments, police departments, ambulance services, battered women’s shelters, etc. have such a program in place and regularly collect teddy bears and other types of stuffed animals for emergency use.   If you are interested in donating stuffed animals to such a cause, you can contact these types of organizations in your local community.  If such a program doesn’t exist, you might want to start one.

A stuffed animals for emergencies drive can be conducted throughout the community by publicizing it in the local newspaper and perhaps by leaving donation boxes at local businesses and schools.  Clubs or schools may be interested in making this a project for the benefit of the community.

If you are able to donate a stuffed animal for emergency use or to start a program for collecting emergency stuffed animals, you will greatly assist a child in need.