This article is from the Journal & Courier:
Tippecanoe County Girl Recognized for Sending Teddy Bears to Troops
A Tippecanoe County girl received an award for an extra large care package being sent to soldiers in Iraq. Mayflower Mill Elementary 4th grader Faith Killian-Fassnacht was presented with a coin from the Commanding General, which is awarded for excellence. Killian-Fassnacht is being recognized for collecting and sending 700 teddy bears to soldiers in Iraq.
Starting in August, Killian-Fassnacht asked community members to donate new and gently used teddy bears. She said she was surprised by how many bears she was able to collect. The teddy bears are being shipped to soldiers in Iraq. Some will also go to Iraqi civilians. Killian-Fassnacht said she came up with the idea to collect teddy bears one day when she was looking at her own teddy bear collection.
"When I looked at them, it made me think that maybe the soldiers would be happy to get these and it would let them know that we're still thinking about them," Killian-Fassnacht said.
"Well basically when we heard about this project, I wanted to submit a request for an award. On the civilian side, there's very few rewards we can give, for the military to the civilian. Major General Pollmann recognized this with a 2 Star General Coin, which is an extremely rare reward," Staff Sergeant Justin Broadwater said.
Killian-Fassnacht wants to continue collecting teddy bears and plans to send another batch to the soldiers around Easter time.
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