Casey Cares and TheraPurrs Partner for a Paw-tastic Program
Casey Cares is thrilled to announce a new partnership with TheraPurrs, launching a unique initiative designed to bring joy and comfort to critically ill children. This collaboration introduces the PosiCats, delightful plush companions designed to uplift spirits. Each PosiCat is a cuddly, talking plush cat programmed with over 90 affirmations, providing positive reinforcement and emotional support to young patients.
As part of this exciting pilot program, 25 children across Ohio, Florida, and Maryland will be the first to experience the PosiCats along with accompanying TheraPurrs Activities Books, instruction sheets, thank you cards, and information cards. This initiative aims to enhance the emotional well-being of these children, offering them a source of comfort during their medical journeys.
As one family said, “My family is so grateful for this opportunity to have this. My son was not feeling very well at school yesterday. He was also hurting even after coming from school yesterday. He was feeling down even more so because he couldn’t play in his team’s basketball game that day due to his pain level. I did not know that a package had arrived until later in the evening when I looked on the counter and saw a package that was just sitting there and I walked over and picked it up. It was the Posi Cat stuffed animal that had arrived.”
The family continued, “I let my son know that he had a package that arrived for him. He opened up the package and was puzzled at first. I then helped him turn it on and just watched as he grabbed it and started playing with it. His face lit up so much when he started playing with it and the affirmations he was receiving made him so happy. His mood had changed. It made me so happy that he was finding some joy out of a bad day because he had received something so positive. He even took the stuffed animal and slept with it that same night and carried it with him the next morning. I just want to thank you guys so much for making his day.”
Thank you TheraPurrs!
child with medical complexities that further complicate the way you may view motherhood. Unfortunately, I know this story all too well, for my daughter Destiny was diagnosed at the tender age of 10 months with Aggressive Infantile Fibromatosis and spent four straight years receiving weekly rounds of chemotherapy treatment. She is now in remission; however, we’re challenged with other medical diagnoses that cause concern. I sometimes questioned the doctors about whether this ever would end. I get tired of getting adverse reports. I get tired of going to different specialty appointments. I get tired of crying and worrying throughout the night. I get tired from just being tired. Yet, I never get tired of being a mother. The laughs, the hugs, and the embraces remind me as a mother that I have someone depending on me to be their advocate and to help her fight alongside the battles she didn’t ask for. So, Mother’s Day is significant to me because I get a chance to reflect upon all of life’s ups and downs yet still have the opportunity to look into my child’s eyes and know we have another day to create another memory.” – Evelyn, Destiny’s mother.