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Noel Schoessow, Bear Hug Project founder, joins FOX6 WakeUp with the scoop.

When he was in fourth grade, Noel Schoessow spent an entire year in the hospital recovering from a major eye surgery after an accident. He’s all grown up now, but he still remembers his inpatient stay, particularly how lonely he felt during those months. While it’s a sad memory for him, his time in the hospital inspired him to launch The Bear Hug Project, a nonprofit that is working to give a teddy bear to every hospitalized child in southeastern Wisconsin during the holiday season. It just...

Bear Hug Project Donates over 500 Teddy Bears to Hospitalized Kids 31 Dec 2020 A man in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is on a mission to provide comforting teddy bears for children staying in local hospitals. When 51-year-old Noel Schoessow was in fourth grade, he suffered an eye injury then underwent surgery and was in the hospital for a year recovering, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I remember those days, and I remember the loneliness,” he said, adding that his family gav...