Leon Harrington and his wife Valeri are doing their part to make 2021 more bearable than 2020.
The couple, who are both members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, decided to donate the teddy bears to thank the frontline workers for their sacrifices this year.
“2020 has kind of been an unbearable year. So we are bringing you some bears. We really appreciate your hard work behind the scenes, and winter time is probably more difficult with less daylight and what have you,” Leon Harrington said to ER workers at Memorial Regional Health Wednesday. “You go home and say, ’what I am doing?’ So we wanted to present you with a gift so you could have a bear hug, or a hug, anytime of day you want.”