9-YEAR-OLD MAKES GIFT OF BEANIE BABIES.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer Nicole Scher can still recall the boredom she felt two years ago when she was hospitalized for a severe sinus infection and the joy she felt when classmates Classmates can refer to either:
 This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . sent her a giant card. The fourth-grader now wants to bring that same kind of cheer to other children. She has started Nicole's Beanies 4 Kids, collecting Beanie Babies from her friends to distribute to Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, hospitals and charities. On Thursday, she took 10 Beanie Babies to Tuesday's Child Tuesday’s child full of grace. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 309] See : Virtuousness , a children's charity in Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. . This afternoon, she plans to bring 10 to 20 more to young patients at Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Any gifts are greatly appreciated by sick children, said Sharon Allen, unit secretary for pediatrics at Los Robles, and a Beanie Baby is just the right size. ``It's small, so it's something they can cuddle with,'' she said. Nicole has more than 90 Beanie Babies in her own personal collection and wanted to put her duplicates to good use, said her mother, Karen Scher. ``She said she has so many extra Beanie Babies, wouldn't it be nice to give them to kids who don't have any,'' Karen Scher said. Nicole, 9, treks around her neighborhood and asks her friends to donate their spare Beanie Babies. ``Usually it's just their doubles,'' Nicole said. Nicole has a business card for her operation and an e-mail address - beanies4kidstoprinting.com - that people can use to contact her about donating their Beanie Babies. ``It's an excellent opportunity for me to teach her business,'' Scher said. ``It's better than movies and hanging out.'' Nicole said she looks forward to visiting hospitals and possibly meeting sick children to boost their spirits. She has always had a charitable nature, Karen Scher said. ``Nicole would give the shirt off her back if she was freezing to death,'' she said. ``She's always just been that way. It's just who she is.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1-2--Color) Nicole Scher, 9, above, is donating some of her Beanie Babies to hospitalized children. Nuts, the squirrel Beanie Baby, top left, sports the label designed by Nicole's mother. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News |
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