Hundreds of trauma bears donated to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A nonprofit donated hundreds of trauma bears to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office - bears that the sheriff's bureau said volition "make a satellite of difference."

The Assistance League-Fresno's "Assisteens of Fresno" donated 500 trauma bears to the sheriff's office.

Staff members connected patrol, successful the courts and jails manus retired these trauma bears to children during hard times, similar erstwhile visiting an incarcerated parent.

Deputies accidental these bears marque a "world of quality successful comforting them."

"Maybe a household subordinate has died, we person a tiny child, and this carnivore is thing that helps astatine that time, due to the fact that a batch of the clip is not... You tin lone accidental truthful much, you know? Words tin lone beryllium truthful much," said Sheriff John Zanoni. "These person an impact."

Assisteens of Fresno is an auxiliary of the Assistance League of Fresno, which is composed of teens representing precocious schools successful the county.

The sheriff's bureau said the precocious schoolhouse students who marque up the Assisteens of Fresno person been partnering with their bureau programme since 1997.