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Contributed by: Rev S Tucker on 10/11/2007

Several years ago, then 10-yr old Kinsey Morley read a story entitled "Trash Bags are for Trash" in Chicken Soup for the Pre-Teen Soul that inspired her to change our 5-year old program of Teddy Bear Hugs into Bags & Bears.

For the previous 5 years, our members brought in Teddy Bears one month before Christmas, which we hugged and loved for a month before donating them to the counseling center at the Gateway Center for Battered Women. Kinsey came to Senior Minister, Rev. S. Tucker in 2004 asking if we could provide the bears in rolling back packs for the kids.

Rev. Tucker suggested we open it to any kind of suitcase or back pack and the ball began to roll. Oasis Center For Spiritual Living delivered 100 bags and bears to Gateway last Christmas.

When the idea was presented to Gateway, spokesperson for Gateway said "You have no idea how important these bags are for the women and kids in our program. They need to keep a bag packed at all times in case they need to flee and these bags provide them with what they need to do that." Kinsey was very happy her idea made a difference.

The goal for this year is 1,000 bags and bears.

Bags and bears can be delivered through December 16th to Oasis Center for Spiritual Living, 9940 East Costilla Avenue (1 block south and 4 blocks east of I-25 and Arapahoe Road) in Centennial.

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Rev S Tucker

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