The Bear Hug Initiative

12/13/2025

"The Bear Hug Tree" has been filled completely!!🎄

Thank you to everyone who adopted! I will post a final update once I receive and deliver all the gifts this coming week! 💗🧸

12/08/2025

December Project! 🎉

"The Bear Hug Tree" 🎄🧸

Hello everyone! This month's fundraiser is in support of Buena Vida Nursing and Rehabilitation in Odessa. I have a list of 10 residents from their Adopt a Senior Program for Christmas and need your help fulfilling their Christmas wishlist!!

On my website you will see a tree that will be filled with ornaments as each resident is adopted! 🎄

Click on the website to read the instructions and to see the list of residents available for adoption. One you choose a resident, fill out my Adopt a Resident form and meet with me to turn in your gifts by the deadline!

I know the due dates for the gits are soon, however I know that with your support we can accomplish this!

Thank you all!! 🧸🩷

11/14/2025

Second Project Announcement 🎉

This month's project is in support of Jesus House Odessa, an amazing non-profit organization that I have volunteered at for over the last 5 months.

This fundraiser will be to collect food donations for their food pantry which serves around 45 families/individuals each week.

The link will take you to an Amazon wish list where you can purchase the items that I will be delivering to the organization.

Any amount of items that you can donate would be greatly appreciated and would be of great help to our community members in need.

Thank you all in advance for your support! 🩷🧸

10/22/2025

Update!! 🎉

I was able to purchase and donate 102 teddy bears!!🧸

I donated 72 bears to the emergency room and 30 bears to the regional lab at MCH where they will be given to pediatric patients! I'm hoping that these teddies will be a form of comfort for these special patients during a scary time in their lives!

I am so grateful to all who donated and shared my project! It was because of your support that I was able to complete this. Thank you all!!💗

💌Nataly Sotelo

10/03/2025

I'm excited to share that we have reached our goal!! 🥳

Thank you so much to all our donors, I am truly grateful for your support of my initiative! 🤍

I am now in the process of purchasing the teddy bears and hope to deliver them sometime in the next two weeks! Stay tuned for the update! 🧸

~Nataly Sotelo 💗🧸

09/26/2025

First Project Announcement: Teddy Bear Donations! 🩷🧸

Hello everyone! I’m so excited to share the very first project of The Bear Hug Initiative! In honor of my initiative’s name, I will be raising money to donate teddy bears to pediatric patients at Medical Center Hospital.

Having volunteered there for the past two years, I have seen how small gestures and gifts can bring huge comfort to patients. This experience was the inspiration behind this project; through it, I hope that these bears will represent a form of support and warmth to these children during a difficult time in their lives.

💖Our Goal: $500 = 100 teddy bears

Reaching our goal would mean 100 children would be impacted! Every donation, whether large or small, will make a difference. If you’re unable to give, simply sharing this post will also make an impact.

Thank you so much for your support. Together, we can make a difference, one bear hug at a time! 🧸✨

💌 The Bear Hug Initiative

Through the Bear Hug Initiative, my first project is to buy teddy bears … Nataly Sotelo needs your support for The Bear Hug Initiative - Teddy Bear Fundraiser

09/26/2025

Welcome to The Bear Hug Initiative! 💗🧸

I’m so excited to share this project with you! I created The Bear Hug Initiative in hopes of spreading the warmth and comfort of a bear hug to those in need. I plan to accomplish this goal by organizing various service projects, such as donating teddy bears to children in the hospital and creating care bags for children and teens in foster care.

This is a community-driven effort, which means that every form of support helps. Whether it’s sharing my page or donating to a fundraiser, you will be part of making a difference!

Thank you for being part of this journey. Together, we can make a difference, one bear hug at a time! 🧸✨

💌 Nataly Sotelo