Baby Bear Hugs Selects New Coordinator

August 22, 2003

Violet Lane has been selected to be the new Baby Bear Hugs Coordinator for Kiowa County. Baby Bear Hugs is a program dedicated to families with children 0-3 years old. The program provides support, connection to community resources and education to parents.

Violet was born and raised in Lamar and moved to Eads originally in 1999 with her family. She has been an active member of the community by serving on the Fair Board, as a 4-H Leader, foster parent, helping with story time at the library and many other things.

Violet is married to life-long Kiowa County resident Braden Lane and together they have 4 children, Jami, Reagan, Wyatt and Sharia.

Violet is looking forward to getting to know more members of the community through her involvement with Baby Bear Hugs. She is excited to share the great experiences involved with having children with all parents interested in the program.

Anyone interested in the resources of Baby Bear Hugs should contact Violet. The program has no income limits and serves all parents with children 0-3 years of age. The program is also seeking volunteers that would like to share their time or talents with this wonderful organization. Any ideas or suggestions to help the program will be gladly excepted.

Violet can be contacted at her home office at (719) 729-3573 or through e-mail at occavill7@hotmail.com. Baby Bear Hugs would like to thank the community for its continued support.