Park residents help children with animal gifts
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Some of the residents of the Arcadia Mobile Home Park made several quilts and blankets to donate to hospice and to the Wounded Warrior Project. From left: Lois Matt, Barbara Young, Alma Johnson, Evelyn Davis and Rose Williams. Next to them is the table full of stuffed animals donated by residents to the Arcadia Polilce Department.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Myrna, from Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, holds one of the stuffed toys that will bring comfort to a child whose family may be embroiled in domestic abuse or a custody dispute.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Vertrina Burms, the victim's advocate at the Arcadia Police Department, clutches a cuddly koala donated by residents of the Arcadia Mobile Home Park.
ARCADIA — For several years, the residents of the Arcadia Mobile Home Park have donated dozens of stuffed animals to the Arcadia Police Department to help children who are experiencing trauma.
The idea is that, when an officer is called to a domestic violence case or custody dispute, or when the APD’s Victim’s Advocate Trina Burns is asked to help, they have some plush toys to give the children, which might give them just a little more comfort and security.
