Teddy Bear Clinic

Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, this year's Teddy Bear Clinic and the personal interaction between the kids and the student nurses will have to be done virtually this year.

This Sunday will be the Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences 31st Annual Teddy Bear Clinic at their new campus at 36th and Locust .

This Sunday I am proud to announce will be the Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing & Health Sciences 30th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic at Blessing Hospital. The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m.

How many of you have seen an event elsewhere and have said we need to have that in Quincy. I bet most of you have had that thought over the years. So why not make it happen?

Thirty years ago I took my 6 year old daughter to the Peoria Zoo and as chance would have it one of the Peoria hospitals was holding a stuffed animal day at the Zoo. Little did I know 29 years later, the idea that I brought back to Quincy would still be flourishing.

The 29th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic will be held this Sunday afternoon from noon to 3 p.m. at Blessing Hospital's main entrance.

The Teddy Bear Clinic is free and designed for children ages 3-6 and their favorite teddy bear, doll or stuffed animal to help the children realize the importance of good health and overcome fears of a health check-up.

Twenty-eight years ago I took my 6-year-old daughter to the Peoria Zoo and, as chance would have it, one of the Peoria hospitals was holding a stuffed animal day at the Zoo. Little did I know 28 years later, the idea that I brought back to Quincy would still be flourishing.

The 27th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic will be held this Sunday afternoon from noon to 3 p.m. at Blessing Hospital's main entrance. As the founder of this event 27 years ago, the staff at Blessing Riemann College of Nursing was kind enough to name one of two new gigantic Teddy Bears after me last year.  He is known as the "Dorsey Bear" and the other is known as "Flo" after Florence

Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing’s 27th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic will be held on Sunday, October 4, from noon to 3 p.m. Children, their favorite Teddy bear,doll or stuffed animal, parents and grandparents are all invited to attend.