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Teddy Bear Clinic welcomes kids and toys, promises no needles
The Teddy Bear Clinic at Gigi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne hosts Indiana University Fort Wayne nursing students to practice their technical skills on children or their toy. Nursing students take kids ...
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it sold poorly ...
A teddy bear named Zelensky donated for Ukrainian children
A teddy bear dating back to before the First World War is among the many toys being sent to children in Ukraine as part of an aid effort.