A group of us get together 4 times a year to put Quiltlets together with Stuffed Animals to give to children who are having a difficult time in one way or another. A lot of the buddy bears go to the local police station and are carried by the police and given to children they come in contact during the course of duty. Some go to local charities. We use orphan blocks that are mistakes or some special made to make the Quiltlets and then we attach them to the Stuffed animals along with a printed poem to help cheer the children. Aren't they cute?

Oh these are adorable! I would love to see this idea adopted in my area. Would you share the poem with us?

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Would love to do something similar here.

Oh how cute !

Quiltaholic is there a name for the program with a web site on line, or you just donate directly to the local police departments ? kathy

Oh that's so cute. That's gotta give you the warm fuzzy feeling inside for such a wonderful gift you give these children.

Those are adorable. What a great idea! The bears are a wonderful thing for kids in crisis!

I love that bear program.
Many years ago the 4 kids and I were in a car accident. They were 5 - 12 years old. I had to be transported to the hospital, only 3 of them could ride with me. I had to leave my 12 year old with the highway patrolman at the accident scene. Anyway the paramedics gave each of my kids a teddy bear. They all still have them, that was 16 years ago!!!!

That is adorable and what a sweet thing to do! :)

Cute!

Do you make the bears also?

We just donate locally but anyone could do this. Just start putting the word out that you are in need of stuffed animals and orphan blocks then get a group of quilters together to assemble quiltlets and attach them to the animals. Call local shelters and the local police departments in the area and you will be amazed at how this takes off. You can also give them to the local fire stations too.

We sorta make them up as we go alone according to the particular animal we have. Just a brief note to say the animal needs a friend and would they be wiling to take care of them.

No the bears are usually donated to us.

What size is a quiltlet??

what a wonderful program

Awesome quiltaholic!! The bear and quilt are sooooo cute :D:D

I've been saving teddy bears to give as baby gifts with a quilt, but I love this idea!!

Oh Yes! They are so cute! What a wonderful idea! :thumbup:

I occasionally buy stuffed toys that I see that are special somehow...extra soft, great color, very realistic. Up until now, I have always just kept them. Now, I know where thewy are going! What a great, loving idea. I know several firefighters, deputies and police officers and I know they will respond well to this! Thank you for such a great idea...I knew that someday all my special toys would go to good homes! I'm very excited!!!

Having worked on ambulances and ED's for 15yrs, I can tell you exactly how much special donations like this mean to a scared/frightened child. In a traumatic time, it's a little bit of soft, warm love coming their way and children instinctively respond to it. To everyone who has ever donated to programs like this......Thank You!

That's sew beary cute!!! We had a program similar to that in Indiana(where I'm originally from), but I haven't heard if they have one here or not. I'll have to check into this!

We make all different sizes as we are donated different size animals.Most of them are at least 12" and can be any size larger than that. You can always take a 12" block and border it to make it larger.

I love this idea!!! :thumbup:

What a wonderful idea. Great thing for those kids in need.

Those are so wonderful, what a special thing you do.