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The Spotlight is on Amy Anton

by Brittni Carraway

In 2018, Amy Antone’s 2-year-old son Lucas fell and hurt his eye on his bike's brake handle. He was rushed to the hospital. All Amy could do is watch as the doctors and nurses prepped Lucas for surgery to repair his eye. The only thing Lucas had to hold onto was the towel he used to hold against his injured eye. After this experience, Amy started the 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Cuddles of Hope(COH).


COH’s mission is to ensure that any child has a stuffed friend to cuddle through the difficult or frightening times (i.e. hospitals and shelters). Children keep their new stuffed animal as a symbol of their courage and strength. Each stuffed animal is presented to threshold as a gift with a coloring book and crayons inside the gift bag with destuffed animal. Cuddles of Hope also donates Hope Bags that include a backpack, stuffed animal, blanket, coloring book, crayons, toiletries, and poem.

A beige bear sitting next to a gift bag

Cuddles of Hope donated 50 of our 8" Basic Bear Bunch to children in the hospital during the week of Christmas this year. Thank you Amy for all the amazing work you do an for using our bears to comfort kids while they go through a traumatic time during the Christmas season.

A woman holding a bag next to two kids

"Thank you Plush in a Rush for donating these PERFECT teddy bears that will make 50 children in the hospital very happy! Especially the week of Christmas!"


More from Cuddles of Hope Foundation

Be sure to check out more of COH on their Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages.

Two nurses holding teddy bears and a gift bag
Two officers, a man , a woman, and two kids standing in between a a bunch of gift bags on a table
Two fireman standing in between a little boy sitting on a fire truck

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Brittni Carraway

February 01, 2021