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| Local teddy bear drive gets boost from correctional facility inmates |
| By keprtv.com- Elise Haas |
| Published: 09/29/2016 |
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TRI-CITIES, Wash. - The teddy bear drive at Heritage University campus at Columbia Basin College (CBC) has already met its goal! School officials said they hoped to collect 200 bears and after KEPR Action News' coverage they have already met that goal. Many times when police officers respond to a call, children are involved. Heritage Univeristy at CBC partnered with associated students of Columbia Basin College to collect bears to donate to the Franklin County's Sheriff's Office. Officers will keep these bears in their cars to hand out to kids in stressful situations. After KEPR's original story aired, inmates in the department of corrections handmade and donated 200 bears to the cause. Correctional specialists came in from Walla Walla to deliver the teddy bears Tuesday. Read More. |
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