The Cape Girardeau Target store has donated more than 100 teddy bears to Lifebeat Air Medical Service at Southeast Missouri Hospital.
Target Stores throughout the nation will donate more than 94,000 teddy bears to paramedics as part of Target's Helping Hugs program, designed to make emergency situations a little more bearable for young children.
The Helping Hugs program is sponsored by Target and Hershey in cooperation with the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians.
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