Taking a page from Michael Rosen's 1989
children's book We're Going on a Bear Hunt,
members of a number of communities
across the globe are placing teddy bears
and other stuffed animals in their homes'
windows to create a scavenger hunt-esque
activity for kids who are stuck at home.
While taking walks or drives around the
neighborhood with their parents, kids in
participating communities can have some
fun by keeping an eye out for any number
of stuffed animals that have been put on
display at other houses.
Shanna Bonner Groom, who spearheaded
the recent bear hunting initiative in
the Stewart Springs neighborhood of
Murfreesboro, Tenn., says that she got
the word out by posting the idea in her
neighborhood's private Facebook group
after seeing it floating around on social
media. Now, she says kids are roaming
the neighborhood in full safari outfits,
binoculars included.
Life Must Go On—A
Reason to Celebrate
Among the many
milestone celebrations
that have been put on
hold or canceled in
recent
weeks due to shelter-at-
home orders, children's
birthday parties seem the
saddest of sacrifices. But
when there's a will, families
and friends are finding a way.
All over the county, birthdays
for young and old are being
celebrated instead with
drive-by caravans of honking,
decorated cars. As we are
coming into graduation
season more joyous drive-by's
are expected for the older
crowd as well.
These simple community celebrations from
bears to rainbows to birthday drive-by's
remind us that we're part of something
bigger than ourselves and we're all going
through this together.
