About Kingwood Heartbeat Bears
WELCOME TO KINGWOOD HEARTBEAT BEARS!
Kingwood Heartbeat Bears (KHB), an activity group of Hi Neighbor Club-Kingwood, provide Teddy Bears to children of all ages who are sick, lonely, or just need something to hug. Last year alone we donated over 2,000 bears. Since 1990, we have donated over 72,000 Teddy Bars to sick, injured, and under-privileged children as well as lonely seniors in the Kingwood, Humble, and Houston areas.
KHB, a Den of Good Bears of the World International (GBW), is a not for profit 501(3)3 organizations, thus donations are tax deductible. We meet on the 3rd Monday of each month, except for July when we “hibernate”. Our dues are $15 annually, and members must also by members in good standing with Hi Neighbor.
Our only sources of income are private donations and various fundraising efforts. If you are a woman interested in bringing a smile to a child, or a lonely adult, we are the group for you! Our members are generous in their efforts to share the ageless symbol of love, the Teddy Bear, with so many in our community who need that need that “cuddly piece of fluff” to hug.
For more information, contact us at kingwoodheartbeatbears@yahoo.com.
OFFICERS OF KINGWOOD HEARTBEAT BEARS
SUSAN SODERQUIST - CHAIRBEAR
MARGRET AYERS - TREASURER
SUSAN BURROUGHS - SECRETARY
DEBBIE CAMPBELL - PARLIAMENTARIAN
TAMMY HOLEKAMP - FUNDRAISING
MINCHAU EPLEY - FUNDRAISING
KAY CAFFEY - PUBLICITY
NANCY FOISNER - GIFTING TO U.S.O.
MARILYN BUTLER - GIFTING TO MEMORIAL HERMANN N.E. HOSPITAL
MARGRET AYERS - TREASURER
SUSAN BURROUGHS - SECRETARY
DEBBIE CAMPBELL - PARLIAMENTARIAN
TAMMY HOLEKAMP - FUNDRAISING
MINCHAU EPLEY - FUNDRAISING
KAY CAFFEY - PUBLICITY
NANCY FOISNER - GIFTING TO U.S.O.
MARILYN BUTLER - GIFTING TO MEMORIAL HERMANN N.E. HOSPITAL
Good Bears of the World (GBW) was founded in 1969 by the late radio pioneer, James Theodore Ownby, Colonel Robert Henderson from England, and English actor, Peter Bull, in Bern, Switzerland.
GBW Headquarters were located in Mr. Ownby’s radio station KNDI, in Honolulu until the organization subsequently relocated their headquarters to Toledo, Ohio in 1991 after Mr. Ownby passed away in 1986.
It was Mr. Ownby's dream to spread love and caring to children and the elderly who were in need of comfort with teddy bears. His dream has been carried on over four decades by members worldwide.
GBW was the first group to donate teddy bears to police departments in the early 80’s. This program has gained tremendous popularity in the last few decades.
Since their founding, GBW has given hundreds of thousands of teddy bears to those in need of love and a hug. The Oklahoma City bombing, the crash of TWA flight 800, events of September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, Kansas tornados and floods and the Fukashima Nuclear Disaster are some of the tragedies where we have gifted our Good Bears.
Firemen, policemen, emergency workers, psychologists, and grief counselors have discovered the teddy bear's magical healing power is invaluable when given to children and their families in traumatic situations.