Posted under Giving away more critters! & Updates
It’s been a fun critter shipping week already. Yesterday we packed up critters to send off to someone that we’re hoping to partner with later this year to help the families of those who risk their lives to serve us in the military! I’m so excited and can’t wait to share more.
In the meantime, here’s a picture of the two sample animals we shipped off yesterday for that:
Posted under Updates
I received the sweetest note from the volunteers in the grief support group at the Hospice of Kankakee Valley who have been passing out the animals we delivered to them earlier this month. They shared with me a few of the reactions of the kids who received the animals.
Their grief support group is open to the entire community so some animals did go to children that did not have parents in the hospice program - they’re just kids in need and knowing that we brought them a little joy brings me joy as well.
One child with very little emotional response and behavior problems was given an animal and was told that someone really cares about how he feels. Very out of character, he took the animal and hugged it.
Another child suffered multiple losses in the past few years including the loss of family members, a home and a pet. When asked if he has a teddy bear or someone to hug when he feels lonely he replied, “I have one but it’s pretty old”. He was offered one of our critters who care and chose a cat - the pet he lost in a fire and proclaimed to his mother “this is mine” to hug and love forever.
There are still many children who will be receiving the animals over the next few weeks. I’m eager to hear more stories. Thanks again for your participation!
Posted under Thanks to our sponsors & Updates
As most of you know, this is a pretty new project for me and I’ve been overwhelmed by the nice responses to what we’re trying to do.
So far we’ve donated over 30 animals to various causes, 18 of them specifically to the hospice of Kankakee Valley. I’m eagerly waiting to hear from the volunteer coordinators there to hear some specific stories of the kids and their families.
Today I was brought to tears by a very generous donation from Christina at WonderYearsRadio.com. Thank you Christina.
I appreciate all of you who have put the contest button on your blogs to spread the word too. Chele at MomsLoveShopping.com has done such a great job to help me let people know about the Critters Who Care site. I really appreciate you Chele.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Annette
