Bears Designed By Kids for Distressed Children on Display at North Shore Community Bank
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 9:52AM 
Several of the bears kids designedDuring April, 2011, the public is invited to come to North Shore Community Bank, 7800 Lincoln, Skokie, during banking hours Monday-Saturday to see Bears of Hope unique bears kids from the bank’s Junior Savers Program designed. These bears will be given to the Skokie Police Department. Police Officers will give the bears to children in trauma from accidents, domestic violence, and criminal incidents.
The bears were created at our Children’s Craft Program the bank sponsored. Kids ages 6-12 came to the bank and were given fabric panels with Bears of Hope's bear pattern traced on it. The kids designed bears with fabric paint markers. Bears volunteers sewed the fabric panels into bears; stuffed them; and got them ready to be displayed at the bank.
When Bank President, Ross Mathee, saw the completed bears, he exclaimed “ Wow!” and then added, “These bears are gorgeous. They will surely bring comfort to children feeling upset.”