Download A Stuffed Animal Donation can make a BIG Difference as a Bedside

February 25, 2014
Dear Liberty Families,
I am a 7th grade student at Liberty Middle School and my name is Alison Strickland. I volunteer for an
organization called Candlelighters. This organization is a Portland, OR non-profit that helps children with
pediatric cancer by providing many different types of services to children with cancer in the Portland,
Vancouver and Camas area. One of the important things they do is provide stuffed animals to kids with
pediatric cancer through their Bedside Buddy Program. When a child enters the hospital they are given
a stuffed animal Bedside Buddy on their bed to provide comfort when they are in treatment. This is to
help keep them company through the long hours they spend in the hospital.
Candlelighters gives over 100 of these toys to children every month. Candlelighters is a non-profit that
depends on donations and gifts in order to supply these toys and sponsor events. For this reason, I
asked my school to have a stuffed animal toy drive to benefit Candlelighters.
I’m asking Liberty Lion families and students to bring in a new stuffed animal, it has to be new because
the kids we are giving it to have to be careful about germs and stuff, and donate to help these kids out!
My goal is to reach 500-600 stuffed animals so we can supply half of year of toys to help kids with cancer
in our area.
The toy drive will begin on March 3rd and go through March 14th. At the end, the grade that donates
the most will get a prize. The donation boxes will be in the math classrooms and the office and my
family will pick up the donations and deliver them to Candlelighters on behalf of our entire school.
A Stuffed Animal Donation can make a BIG Difference as a Bedside Buddy!
If you have any questions you can email my mom at [email protected] and she will help you.
Thank you for all of your support! Please donate a stuffed animal to help kids with cancer!
Thank you,
Alison Strickland