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BLARES BEARS FOR HAITI
Kym Reinstadler from Mlive.com wrote this story explaing what Blare is trying to do.
A newscast showing Haitian kids roaming over rubble looking searching for their parents in the aftermath of Monday's earthquake left Blare Gooch wishing he could give those kids a hug.
The St. Thomas the Apostle School seventh-grader resolved to do the next best thing: organize a teddy bear drive to give kids in Haiti something to hug.
"I put it on my Facebook page and a teacher let me announce it on the PA at school," said Blare, a 12-year-old who is 25 percent Haitian and dreams of competing on Haiti's national soccer team. "Several kids came up to me afterward to say they wanted to donate teddy bears, so I think it's going to be successful."
Blare started the drive Thursday by donating the big white teddy bear his father, Johrone Gooch, gave him on his first Valentine's Day. He's also contributing Brown Bear, his bedtime companion that made at Build-A-Bear Workshop when he was three. She and Johrone also purchased a new green bear to donate.
Teddy Bears, and monetary donations to ship them, can be dropped off before March 15 at St. Thomas the Apostle School, 1429 Wilcox Park Drive SE, and at Lisa Gooch's business, Hair Force, 1557 Michigan Ave. NE.
Gooch is arranging to ship and donate the bears through a Catholic relief organization, but not until the crush of basic needs for food, shelter and medicine subsides.
Blare's goal is to collect 2,000 bears that will have to serve as tokens of comfort and love.
After the bears ship, Lisa Gooch said she will take Blare back to Build-A-Bear Workshop to create a bear to commemorate his compassion.
"I know that one day, a long time from now, I will see that bear in his office," she said.
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- New or slightly used bears / stuffed animals
- Donate money to help with Shipping costs to:
Rays of Hope For Haiti (a 501c3-#38-3616468)
946 Burton St. SE. Grand Rapids, MI. 49507
when you write your check in the memo area put (Blares Bears For Haiti)
Email: Flounder
Email: Scrubs
Email: April
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Radio Studios
Thunder 94.5 Studios
Address:
(Located inside the
Phone: 616-774-8461
B95 Studios
Address:
Phone: 810-720-9510
Address:
Phone: 616-678-4330
Address:
Phone: 616-994-4526
Zeeland Community Hospital
Address: 8333 Felch Street Zeeland, MI 49464
Phone 616-772-7527 ask for Scott Weenum
Address:
Phone: 269-337-0530
Address:
Phone: 616-891-6220
Address:
Phone: 231-924-8138
Address: 860
Phone: 616-819-3779
Address: 9203 Lapeer Rd Davison Mi 48423
Phone: 810-653-1206
St. Thomas the
Address:
Phone: 616-458-4228
6765 Courtland Drive N.E.
Rockford, MI
Appletree Christian Learning Center (Walker)
2142 3 Mile Rd
Walker, MI
Appletree Christian Learning Centers (Monroe)
1953 Monroe st N.E.
Grand Rapids, MI
Appletree Christian Learning Centers (Kentwood)
732 52nd Street
Kentwood, MI
Appletree Christian Learning Centers (East Lansing)
3341 Coleman Rd
East Lansing MI
Appletree Christian Learning Centers (Hudsonville)
2935 Port Sheldon
Hudsonville, MI
Appletree Christian Learning Centers (Hastings)
1150 West M43 Highway
Hasting, MI
Appletree Christian Learning Centers (Kalamazoo)
5902 12th Street
Kalamazoo, MI
Appletree Christian Learning Centers (Corporate Office)
2851 Michigan st Suite 103
Grand Rapids
Big Steps Little Feet (Ada)
8100 Fulton St.
Ada, MI
Braces In-Ovation Orthodontics
Locations:
Plainwell Address:
Calley Orthodontics
Address:
Phone: 269-965-7066
Chemical Bank
Address:
Phone: 616-785-3400
Address:
Phone: 231-798-1957
Douglas J Aveda Institute
Address:
Financial Plus Federal Credit Union Phone: 810-244-2200
Locations In
Address: G-3381 Van Slyke Road
Address:
Address:
Grand Blanc
8250
Fenton
Address:
Phone: 616-241-1679
Grand Office Supply
Address:
Phone: 616-534-8400
Hair Force
Address:
Phone: 616-458-7778
Jennifer Sunnyslope Floral
Address:
Phone: 616 457-5530
Maple Run Community
Address:
Phone: 810-564-1599
Masterpiece Monogramming
Address: G-4440
Phone: 810-742-2901
McDonald's in Grand Blanc
Address:
Address:
Midway Chevrolet
Address:
Phone: 269-685-6871
Old Orchard Community
Address:
Phone: 810-653-8810
Overhead Door
Address: 2435 S. Grand Traverse,
Phone: 810-577-8005
PD's Pub
Address:
Phone: 810-496-2989
Plainwell Orthodontics
Address:
Phone: 269-685-5761
Address: 1168 N Oak Davison, MI 48423
Phone: 810-653-7900
Two Men & a Truck
Address:
Phone: 616-245-9200
Valvoline Instant Oil Change
Address: 2620 E. Beltline SE
Phone: 616-942-2822
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
Address:
Phone: 231-727-2602
Graff Chevy
Address: 800 N. State St. Davison, MI 48423
Phone: 810-653-4111
Oxford place apartments
Address: 2143 43rd St SE Grand Rapids, MI 49508
Phone: 616-455-0140
Sunny Slope Floral
4800 44th street sw Grandville, MI 49418
1 1/2 miles west of the Rivertown Crossings mall at 196 & 44th street
Ken's Auto Repair Plus
Address: 9874 Cherry Valley, Caledonia, MI 49316 (Behind Dollar General)
Phone: 616-891-9872 asks for Heather or Ken
Old Town University
Address:301 Cass Street Saginaw, MI, 48602
Phone: 989.792.0346
Georgetown physicians
Address:3152 Port Sheldon StreetHudsonville, MI, 49426
Brandis Place
Address: located at linden and hill roads in Swartz Creek
Red Carpet Keim
Address: 233 State Road in Davidson
M-F 8:30a-6p & Sat 9a-3p
Michigan Rehibilitation Specialists
Address: Davison, MI 48423
Phone: 810.653.6200
Superior Paint and Body
Address: 5290 N Genesse Rd Flint, MI
Phone: 810.736.9000
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