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Gentle Bear Trauma Teddies Program Turns 10

Thursday, 7 September 2017, 9:16 am
Press Release: Gentle Bear

Our Gentle Bear trauma teddies program has celebrated its 10th birthday!

We launched this program in collaboration with the South Australia Police Department to help minimise children’s Post Traumatic Stress-related injuries.

In 2015, he came to New Zealand to the Counties Manukau policing district in Auckland.

Please find below a secure link to the media release and the NZ police singing Gentle Bear happy birthday!

https://www.gallagherbassett.com.au/app/uploads/2017/08/Gentle-Bear-ten-years.pdf

https://youtu.be/8dpNwh6Llv8

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