Comfort Cub Stories
Check out guest articles, see how Comfort Cubs are making an impact, and read thoughts and stories from our staff and friends of our program!
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Sweet Success | Fundraising with Cookies
Cookie Cutters are designed. Cookie Cutters are ordered. Cookie Cutters are made. Who knew the incredible impact cookies could have for an annual cookie exchange party? In the early fundraising days of The Comfort Cub, founder Marcella Johnson hosted an annual cookie exchange to raise…
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Providing Comfort to Empty Arms | The Comfort Cub
Unless you’ve been through the grief of infant loss first hand, you cannot fully appreciate the heart wrenching stories of families who didn’t experience the joy of bringing home their beloved baby from the hospital. Last week we shared a story about one young couple…
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Dealing with Infant Loss | Knowledge is Power
In early April 2019, Valeria and Isaac experienced a profound loss. Unlike the quintessential scene where excited parents depart the hospital with the wife cradling their newborn as she is pushed in a wheelchair, their son Everett would not be leaving the hospital with them.…
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Supporting the Poway Community
We are proud to have partnered with the Poway community for a number of years. The events in April 2019 only served to strengthen our sense of community and resolve. Below are a few examples of our partnership with Poway. We stand united and are…
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Comforting the Poway Jewish Community
On Saturday, April 27, Chabad of Poway, a synagogue in San Diego County, experienced a horrible attack. Saturday was the last day of Passover, one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar. It was late morning when a lone gunman barged into the Synagogue. All of…
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Chabad of Poway | Coming to the Aid of a Neighbor
The measure of a person, a team, a town, is in their response to a tragedy. Over Passover weekend, April 2019, the usually quiet and peaceful town of Poway, in San Diego County, experienced a horrific attack. A lone assailant barged into the Chabad of…