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DESCRIPTION:The community is invited to a Teddy Bear Vaccination Clinic to help 
 demystify doctors’ visits for kids and caregivers. The event will take 
 place on Saturday, August 27 from 11:30 am until 1 pm, and then again from 
 2 until 3:30 pm at the Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery (MOD) in 
 the Capitola Mall. \n\nThe event is free to MOD members and patrons with a 
 paid daily admission to the Museum.\n\n“Shots can be scary!” said 
 Executive Director, Rhiannon Crain. “By providing the opportunity for 
 children to explore the basics of a visit without any threat to themselves, 
 children can learn through play and imagine themselves in certain roles 
 while they practice thinking through the situation in a low-stakes 
 environment.”\n\nChildren are encouraged to bring their own stuffed 
 animal to the event, where they will dress up in a lab coat; check-in their 
 “patient;” use measuring tape to monitor the height of the patient; use 
 a thermometer to check temperature; use the otoscope to look into the 
 stuffed animal's ears and eyes; use a needless syringe to give a 
 vaccination; and finally bandage up their stuffed animal.\n\nThe MOD’s 
 first Teddy Bear Vaccination Clinic took place on Saturday, August 6 and 
 was a success. “One dad mentioned that his son had just gotten a shot 
 earlier that day, so he was able to draw on that experience during the 
 event,” said MOD Playworker, Natalia Ruiz-Zamora. “The dad thinks that 
 helped him cope.”\n\nThe Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery is a 
 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created in 2014 to support local families 
 and provide a safe place for children to learn through play.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/08/22/18851672.php
SUMMARY:Teddy Bear Clinic at the Children’s Museum
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery (MOD) in the Capitola 
 Mall\n1855 41st Ave C-10, Capitola, CA 95010
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/08/22/18851672.php
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