A huge hug and a thank you to everybody who helped us collect stuffed animals for the kids at the Children’s Hospital of Illinois.

We were able to collect and deliver 2,819 stuffed animals. 1,400 of those were collected by Taylor Larson, a Peoria teen who was a patient at the hospital when she was eight years old. In the video below, Taylor explains why she started collecting and continues to collect year after year for the kids at the hospital.

A special thank you to Bob Lindsay Acura for sponsoring and collecting as well. With your generous donations, we have enough stuffed animals to make sure every kid gets one throughout the entire year. Now watch the video below and see the smiles you helped put on the faces of the kids at the hospital.