Life

State Farm donates Bear buddies for hospice program

Front, State Farm agents Judy Stroud and Matt Gambrell; back, Lynda Dunbar, bereavement counselor; Mark Neville, coordinator of bereavement; Susan Bumgarner, Heart Songs coordinator; and agents Tabatha Hamlin, Tracy Gunn, Skip Sawyer.

By Miranda McFalls, Published: May 31, 2013

State Farm insurance agents donated 140 Bear Buddies to the Heart Songs program at Four Seasons Compassion for Life on Friday.

The Heart Songs program helps children and teens as they go through the bereavement process.

"Sometimes we all just need something to hold," said Susan Bumgarner, Heart Songs coordinator.

The State Farm agents who participated in the donation were Judy Stroud, Matt Gambrell, Tabatha Hamlin, Tracy Gunn and Skip Sawyer.