{"id":2243003,"date":"2026-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-11-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T21:00:00","slug":"the-consequences-of-service-ruth-brasher-reflects-on-33-years-of-making-teddy-bears-for-children-in-crisis-worldnews-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2243003","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The consequences of service:\u2019 Ruth Brasher reflects on 33 years of making teddy bears for children in crisis &#8211; Worldnews.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-article mB40\">\n<div id=\"article-url\">\n<p class=\"art-text\"><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For 33 years, Ruth Brasher and her volunteers have stuffed and sewed together more than 23,000 teddy bears for the Utah County Children\u2019s Justice Center to give to children in crisis.  Brasher\u2019s efforts, which have been well-documented over the years, have made a profound impact on those she\u2019s served and motivated her to<\/span>&#8230;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t read\u00a0full\u00a0story\n                <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote\">&#8220;<i>I get to see the consequences of service from two perspectives, both what happens to the child and their family, and what happens to the person who makes the bears,<\/i>&#8220;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2026\/11\/07\/8216the_consequences_of_service_8217_ruth_brasher_reflects_o\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] For 33 years, Ruth Brasher and her volunteers have stuffed and sewed together more than 23,000 teddy bears for the Utah County Children\u2019s Justice Center to give to children in crisis. Brasher\u2019s efforts, which have been well-documented over the years, have made a profound impact on those she\u2019s served and motivated her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2243003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2243003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2243003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2243003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}