The new Sandy Hook Promise PSA will make every parent hug their child tighter
After she lost her youngest son, Dylan, at the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, Nicole Hockley received a teddy bear as a gift. On its belly in blue were embroidered the words: “Heaven’s Angel.
Sandy Hook Promise’s latest film centers on the teddy bears that memorialize school shootings
A Teddy Bear’s Dream” demonstrates how a bear ceases to be a symbol of childhood wonder in the face of gun violence ...
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History Today: Did you know the world’s first teddy bear was inspired by a US president?
Today marks the day in 1903, when Morris Michtom, a small toy store owner, put two stuffed bears in his Brooklyn shop window for sale. Inspired by a story about then-US President Theodore Roosevelt, ...
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Discover How President Theodore Roosevelt Inspired the World’s First Teddy Bear, Which Went on Sale on This Day in 1903
Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images Teddy bears are now an internationally beloved children’s toy. But few remember the presidential hunting trip and state boundary dispute that led to the sale ...
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Nonprofit donates 500 teddy bears to hospitals for National Heal A Heart Day
A weighted teddy bear is perfect, safe, and will help them soothe their grieving.” Over 25 years of giving Comfort Cubs to any person who has lost a loved one, a child, parent, grandparent ...