The Teddy Bear Picnic

My Second Bear Sweater

Saturday was the Knitters of the North (Knitting Guild) Teddy Bear Picnic. I though it would be an outdoor event, but because the mosquitos were hungry, the picnic was held inside. Such a fun event! We even had local TV news coverage; below you'll see a picture of one of the news crews interviewing our spokesperson, Catherine. The bear sweaters are headed for the police/fire department's "Buddy Bear" program. They are given out in situations where children are either victims of a crime or trauma or they are involved in a difficult situation that is eased by the presence of a bear "friend". All together we presented about 45 bears, all with handknitted sweaters to the law enforcement organizations. What a success! We had 5 fire department guys stop by, but I was not able to get a photo: they could only stay for a few minutes because of being called to a "code yellow"! Yikes! We all wished that they could have been present for the TV interviews. but the TV news teams (from two different local stations) did a great job with the story: the reporting was accurate and the guild received very positive publicity. We had a good time!