Council on Aging reports teddy-bear program has distributed 285 bears since August
Joyce Boyardee told the Millis Finance Committee the Council on Aging has distributed 285 teddy bears to memory-care units, foster care, police and fire since early August and has 72 more on order; the program has local and regional partnerships.
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Joyce Boyardee, the committee's Council on Aging liaison, reported that the COA has distributed 285 teddy bears since the beginning of August and currently has 72 more on order. She described the program as charitable outreach that supplies bears to memory-care units, foster care placements, police and fire personnel for family outreach, and partners such as the sheriff's department and Hanscom Field for deployment-related gifts.
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