Welcome to Teddy Bears 4 Kids!
We are so glad you found our new website! My name is Jeanette Jensen and I run this volunteer group. We make and donate Teddy Bears to traumatized children. These bears go directly to children who have been victimized sexually and from other crimes. Currently we serve two organizations here in San Joaquin County, The J. D. Kortzeborn Child Advocacy Center in French Camp and Victim Witness at the County Courthouse. We hope to grow to add many more locations to serve more children. You can help in many ways: by donating financially either by purchasing supplies through our Amazon Wishlist or by clicking on our PayPal Donate button or by volunteering to cut out Teddy Bear pattern pieces, pinning or sewing pattern pieces together, stuffing empty Teddy Bears or working on Teddy Bear dresses or vests. We hope you will donate or sign up to volunteer today!
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Stockton Woman Makes Bears to Help Children Cope with Tragedy
By Ken Mashinchi
January 31, 2018
I was made aware of another news article about getting started doing Teddy Bears :)
I did not know this article existed until this week. It actually shares more personal information about our family's journey through experiencing tragedy and how making these Teddy Bears helps me and is very therapeutic for me as the mother of a victim. Originally I was shy/hesitant in sharing that it was MY CHILD that was a victim for fear of people judging my child because of what's happened to them. But I have learned that this tragedy affects many, many people. In fact, since starting these bears, I have had others disclose to me similar stories of how their family has also been victimized and how getting involved in community service (such as this and others) has been helpful for them in coping and healing, not only therapeutically but as a way to pay it forward. Help me grow this Teddy Bear website and volunteer organization to serve children in all of California (eventually the entire United States) who have been victimized by crime; sexual, violent or otherwise.
I did not know this article existed until this week. It actually shares more personal information about our family's journey through experiencing tragedy and how making these Teddy Bears helps me and is very therapeutic for me as the mother of a victim. Originally I was shy/hesitant in sharing that it was MY CHILD that was a victim for fear of people judging my child because of what's happened to them. But I have learned that this tragedy affects many, many people. In fact, since starting these bears, I have had others disclose to me similar stories of how their family has also been victimized and how getting involved in community service (such as this and others) has been helpful for them in coping and healing, not only therapeutically but as a way to pay it forward. Help me grow this Teddy Bear website and volunteer organization to serve children in all of California (eventually the entire United States) who have been victimized by crime; sexual, violent or otherwise.