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We are proud to offer a new Hugs Across America Chapter right here in Waukegan.


Hugs Across America comforts children in crisis through the hugs of Teddy Bears.

What Hugs Across America Does: 

Hugs Across America Inc. is a nondenominational, not for profit charitable organization providing teddy bears, curricular materials, and messages of care to lessen the fear and anxiety experienced by children in crisis. "Hugs" has created a national network of regional response centers, or chapters, thoughout the country. Each chapter is responsible to its local area with "teddies at the ready" responding to circumstances of personal tragedy, as well as natural or national disasters.

Mission Statement

In this often troubled and troubling world, it is our mission to bring comfort to children in crisis through the hugs of teddy bears and messages of loving care.

Help Us Help Them

In our continued response to the needs of children, Hugs Across America Inc., has provided over 300,000 teddy bears in the face of emergency. We are responding to:

• house fires
• police emergencies
• medical emergencies
• parental deployment to war zones
• domestic violence
• natural disasters
• terrorism

  through agencies which interface with children in crisis.

  These may include:

• American Red Cross
• International Aid
• Woodmen of The World Disaster Team
• Fire Departments
• Police Departments
• Court Systems
• Hospital Emergency Rooms
• Pediatric Wards
• The Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• Funeral Homes
• Grief Counseling Centers
• United States Military
• The Gift of Life Intl. Inc.
• Shelters

The simplicity of this idea and its immediate easing of fear and anxiety is clear.

Please visit Hugs Across America to find out how you can help a child in crisis.

Thank You for looking!

Sandy Joyce
Waukegan, IL Chapter

December 2008 ~ We have just collected our first donation of bears from Staffing Now, Inc from Chicago.  Many thanks to La Toya and her staff for collecting these bears.  The bears will be donated to the children on the Pediatric Unit at Vista Medical Center in Waukegan.


The above bears were delivered to Vista Medical Center for the Christmas 2008 Holiday to the Pediatric Unit.

Our 2010 Teddy Bear Drive will be starting in October