Neepawa Natives organization delivers bears

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Published on Wednesday, December 16, 2015

A shipment of bears is delievered to Pediatrics Ward RN, Kirtsyn Weerts by Neepawa Natives president Ken Waddell.

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Some of the stuffed animals collected by the Neepawa Natives Teddy Bear Toss have found a new home. Recently, a portion of the 109 bears that were gathered from the event, which was held on Nov. 7, were delivered to the Winnipeg Childrens' Hospital and Neepawa Salvation Army.

A large number of the toys also went to Mary Murray of Neepawa, who gets the bears into the hands of emergency workers such as fire, police and ambulance workers to give out to children in trauma situations. The Pediatrics Ward at Brandon General Hospital also received stuffed animals.

The Teddy Bear Toss has become an annual tradition for many junior hockey clubs across the country and involves fans throwing stuffed animals from the stands. The toys will then be collected and distributed to a local charitable organization.

Neepawa’s Teddy Bear Toss was part of a free admission game versus the Dauphin Kings, that was  sponsored by F. Kozak and Sons and C & C Rentals, a division of Jacobson & Greiner Group of Companies.