The Goodness of America
Blue Line Bears
Florida teen Megan O’Grady, 16, has started a nonprofit organization that is sure to put smiles on the faces of the families of fallen police officers: Blue Line Bears.
Blue Line Bears makes stuffed bears out of the uniform shirts of fallen officers. O’Grady herself sews and stuffs the bears and creates miniature versions of the uniforms, including the officers’ names, badge numbers, and departments, ABC News reported. It takes O’Grady up to two days to complete each bear.
What’s more, O’Grady actually delivers the bears to the families in person! At the start of the new year, O’Grady and her parents traveled to Denver to deliver the bears that she made for the family of Adams County Sheriff’s Deputy Heath Gumm, 32, who was killed in January 2018 while on duty. She then posts photos of her with the families to whom she delivers bears on Blue Line Bears’ Facebook page.
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