Stuffed animals used for children visiting the emergency room.
Avon's EMH employees were the happy recipients of a large donation from “Ben’s Bears” last week, just in time for Christmas. Ben Thorne, a fourth-grader at Heritage South Elementary School in Avon, began collecting Bears in lieu of birthday presents in September. Bears morphed into stuffed animals and Ben and his family made a donation of 62 new stuffed animals to Fairview Hospital on Oct. 17. The Thornes, including parents Erin and John an siblings Adam, 7 and Jack, 12, decided to continue the collection into the holiday season and expanded collection spots to include numerous locations on Cleveland’s west side. Last week Ben’s father John Thorne dropped off more stuffed animals, including a donation at EMH Avon Emergency Care Center. “…
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Expanded drop off locations for new stuffed animals for hospital donations. (See bottom of story.)
When Ben Thorne’s family checked with Fairview Hospital soon after he collected and donated 62 stuffed bears and animals in mid-October, they were surprised to learn only four bears were left. Understanding the need, and realizing that flu season is rapidly approaching, the Thorne family of Avon is opting to continue the stuffed animal drive and include more west side hospitals. Ben’s Bears was born out of his desire to have people donate animals in lieu of birthday presents for his Sept. 11 birthday. “I wanted to do something nice,” the fourth grader at Avon’s Heritage South Elementary School, said in October. “I didn’t want any presents. I decided to donate to the hospital and they said ‘bring in bears.’” The bears were quickly …
Dan Walsh
11:20 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
Why didn't they just put the stuffed animals into the "unused" pediatric emergency bays? Who in their right mind would bring a pediatric emergency to this place. It's more of a health club than an ER. I bet the doctors in that place can't spell board certified! wait......did you hear that?.... from the east? It's the Cleveland Clinic making a really loud noise....sounds like "CRUSH CRUSH CRUSH … more ›