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The Reny Co
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Description
Adam's Animals is a federal nonprofit corporation established to collect and deliver NEW stuffed animals to sick children all in the memory of Adam Hurst, whom we lost at the age of eighteen. We have watched the smiles appear when a child reaches out and grabs their NEW stuffed friend. In one instance a small boy sat on his mother's lap as he was handed an Elmo doll. At first he just looked at it, then reached out to take hold of his new friend. His parents, nurses, and doctors wept at the sight because this was his first reaction of any kind since his brain surgery a few weeks prior. There are many other stories like this one, but one thing is for sure and that is Adam's animals bring a moment's happiness in an unpleasant situation. We know that a stuffed frog gave some comfort to an eighteen year old. And we have seen that it can produce smiles, even if small, to children of all ages. Our goal remains to give a moment of comfort to a child and moment of rest to a parent. Each animal has a tag that reads: