Thank you for joining us as we comfort children facing cancer in Northeast Ohio!
This year, COVID challenged our operations—but because of your support, we were able to adjust our practices to serve the children of this community like never before.
Here are a few of our favorite moments In 2020.
Project Ed Bear:
Continued to deliver bears to children when they first arrive at Akron Children’s Hospital. (And yes, when we donate them, the bears go into a two-week quarantine period!)
Hand-delivered 100 Easter bags and 35 large Easter baskets for children and siblings facing cancer.
Shifted from the normal “Camp Ed Bear” to donating 40 camp boxes (a $200+ value to each child!) with camp crafts and activities to any of the children that were signed up for camp that wanted it.
Hand-delivered Halloween bags for children and siblings
Made sure our Christmas donations were stronger than ever! We were proud to:
Gifted 100 $100 gift cards to our Ed Bear recipients
Delivered cookie trays to families
Adopted nine families by collecting toys and gifts
Shifted from the normal Gala Auction, to a virtual action, raising necessary funds with our largest event of the year.
Project Ed Bear is, and will continue to be, a 100% volunteer run nonprofit organization. When you support our children, please know, you’re supporting the kindest and bravest souls we’ve ever met. Every dollar you donate makes a difference to our children, and we all so very grateful for you!
Thank you for being active in our Project Ed Bear family, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Gratefully,
Susan Summerville, Co-Founder