Each day lunch is prepared for the volunteers for a freewill offering, those offerings go toward the scholarship fund. Volunteers lined up three deep to get their bears. After the bear has been checked for tags, it is given to a volunteer along with the photo and letter. Then the bear receives it's gospel necklace, passport holder and gospel explanation. After that it get's a hug and a prayer for the child who will receive it.
Every volunteer thinks that the bear they get to process is the best one.
Finally the bears snuggle together in one of the shipping containers for their ocean voyage to Russia, Ukraine or Belarus. Thousands of seed packs were assembled into family packs. These family packs will include 10 different types of vegetables that will help provide food for families and orphanages throughout next winter. They offered their customers an opportunity to purchase a bear and a place to drop it off for shipment once the photo and letter had been attached. Boxes of the Christian Family Bookstores have been pouring in to the PA Warehouse and each bear is receiving personal attention from a warehouse volunteer.