{"id":8374,"date":"2025-09-25T18:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/?p=8374"},"modified":"2025-09-25T18:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:16:41","slug":"little-bob-big-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/little-bob-big-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Bob, Big Hearts!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8374\" class=\"elementor elementor-8374\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4749434 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4749434\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eda7443 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eda7443\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thanks to the support from our guests, Bob\u2019s Discount Furniture is proud to donate <strong>$25,000<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org\/\">Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals<\/a> to help kids in local communities across the country.<\/p><p>Funds were raised during the first half of the year through the sale of our first-ever Little Bob plushie, which helped launch Bob\u2019s Plushies for Charity program. With every plushie sold in participating stores nationwide, Bob\u2019s contributed $5 from the sale to Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals to benefit local member hospitals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adeb9e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"adeb9e9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8fbcc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8fbcc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1150_BOB_FP-scaled-e1758831922741-1024x740.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8376\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1150_BOB_FP-scaled-e1758831922741-1024x740.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1150_BOB_FP-scaled-e1758831922741-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1150_BOB_FP-scaled-e1758831922741-768x555.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1150_BOB_FP-scaled-e1758831922741-1536x1110.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1150_BOB_FP-scaled-e1758831922741-2048x1480.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mybobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1150_BOB_FP-scaled-e1758831922741-110x80.jpeg 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Bob's President Emeritus, Bob Kaufman poses with Little Bob plushies at Bob's store in Newington, CT. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab4fe79 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab4fe79\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c69593 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c69593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cAt Bob\u2019s, giving back to the communities we\u2019re part of isn\u2019t just something we do\u2014it\u2019s who we are,\u201d said Lindsay Ruszczyk, Director of Communications, Community Outreach, and Public Relations. \u201cOur Plushies for Charity program is one of my favorite examples of this. It brings our core value of fun to life for our guests, while also helping Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals bring comfort and healing to kids who truly need it most.\u201d<\/p><p>CMN Hospitals support the health of 12 million kids each year across the U.S. and Canada. Donations go to local hospitals to fund critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, along with innovative research, vital pediatric medical equipment,\u00a0child life services that put kids\u2019 and families\u2019 minds at ease during difficult hospital stays, and financial\u00a0assistance\u00a0for families who could not otherwise afford these services.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cOn behalf of everyone at CMN Hospitals, I want to express our deepest gratitude to Bob\u2019s Discount Furniture for their incredible support,\u201d shares Staci Cross, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for CMN Hospitals.\u00a0<\/p><p>Bob\u2019s Discount Furniture has supported Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals for more than three years and has contributed nearly $200,000\u202fto support local member hospitals coast-to-coast!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1e3f0d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1e3f0d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08bfe7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08bfe7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>True Champions<\/b><\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da98f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4da98f1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d2142 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68d2142\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every year, local member hospitals of CMN Hospitals identify a \u201cChampion\u201d child within each community to serve as an ambassador. To celebrate these brave children, Bob\u2019s gifted every 2025 CMN Champion a Little Bob plushie during Children\u2019s Hospitals Week.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efcfff4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"efcfff4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc499b3 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"fc499b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{"slides_to_show":"1","navigation":"both","autoplay":"yes","pause_on_hover":"yes","pause_on_interaction":"yes","autoplay_speed":5000,"infinite":"yes","effect":"slide","speed":500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper 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children\u2019s hospitals across the country and those funds are really important because they allow hospitals to address whatever their most pressing need is at a given time,\u201d said Caroline Killeen, Manager, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Connecticut Children\u2019s Medical Center, Corporate Partnerships.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2a3b9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bb2a3b9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbd4565 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"cbd4565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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