Hope, Heart & Home – A Teddy Bear Picnic
HOPE, HEART & HOME and
HOLY ROSARY- ST. RICHARD’s
Hosts First Annual
TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC 2025
for Foster Family Appreciation Week
TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC 2025
for Foster Family Appreciation Week

It’s not every day you get invited to a TEDDY BEAR PICNIC! But when the call came in, Hope Heart & Home Ministry’s Eric Schwindeman, Rosa A. Perez Lacayo, and Kathleen Smith jumped to join Citrus Family Care Network‘s Kimberly Lopez at Holy Rosary-St. Richard’s Catholic Church for the festivities!
After celebrating a lunch of honey, candy bars, and lemonade, 100 teddy bears of all sizes piled into Kim & Rosie’s cars to join week-long celebrations of Foster Family Appreciation Week and relocate to a new home with a child in foster care.
Thank you HRSR and Propelled In Christ Ministry for your incredible generosity. Happy birthday, Kathleen! Boy, those bears throw one wild party! A couple had to be helped to the car!
Watch your email for announcement of next Monday Night’s Monthly Virtual Meeting with Guest Speaker Ken Clarke!! Plan to join us. You can invite your Teddy Bear…
Eric Schwindeman
Executive Director
HOPE, HEART & HOME
A Faith-Based Community Coalition
Supporting Children in Foster Care