Teddy Bear Run

 

We need your help and the help of the community to put a smile on the face of a small child and make their day just a little brighter.

 

GWRRA is a non-profit group of motorcycle enthusiasts from Billings , Montana . Our Goldwing Chapters support charities that help children because “children are our future”. One of the charities we support is the Shriner’s Children Hospital in Spokane , Washington . Children from infancy to age 18 from Montana , Idaho and the surrounding area have benefited from work done at the Shriner’s Children Hospital . 

 

Upon admission to the hospital for surgery or tests, each child is given a “Teddy Bear” to love. Teenagers receiving treatment have a special “Teen Room” where they can gather with their peers to play board games, listen to music or just visit. When a young child or teen leaves the hospital, it is usually in a wheelchair or on crutches and they are given backpacks, fanny packs and fingerless gloves to help them move about more easily. But…sometimes these needed items are not there.

This is why we need your help….

We are going out into the community to ask for donations to take to the hospital on the “Teddy Bear Run”. Do you have any items you could donate?? Some Christmas or Valentine’s Day stuffed animals that did not sell?? Do you have backpacks, fanny packs, fingerless gloves, CD’s, etc. that we could purchase at a discount?? 

Please help to make the annual Teddy Bear Run a success and

There is no better reward on this earth. 

   

Just a Few of the Items Needed:

 

New stuffed animals of all sizes                        Glitter Nail polish

Board games (for all ages)                              Lip gloss

Puzzles (for all age levels)                               Nail polish (light or metallic colors)

Decks of cards                                              Body lotions

Hand held electronic games                            Bath gels

Color books, crayons, wash off markers             Sport posters

Storybooks                                                   Sport bottles

Young teen novels                                         Sport pennants

Card games: Skipbo, Uno                              Cartoon character posters

Craft items such as:                                        Pierced earrings

Jewelry bead sets                                          Yo-yo’s

Macramé craft sets                                         Bubbles

Paint by number sets                                      Slinkys

Model kits                                                     Nerf toys

Sand art kits                                                 Tote bags

Stationary and stationary sets                         Baseball hats

Music CD’s and cassettes (for all ages)              Travel games

Match Box cars & trucks                                  DVD’s & Videos with Spanish subtitles (Rated G, PG & PG-13)

 

These are just a few of the items needed. Use your imagination…

What could a child use while confined to a wheelchair, in a bed, or on crutches??

 

In past years, our Chapter has been able to provide thousands of dollars worth of needed items to the hospital for the children. We were able to purchase these much needed items through donations, grants and barbeques held to obtain funds for the Teddy Bear Run. 

 

The demand for phone cards, backpacks, fanny packs and bags that will fit on the back of wheelchairs are very high. In years past within a very short time from our visit, the hospital was out of backpacks.