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Winn Army Community Hospital ER clinical nurse supervisor Melissa Hungerford accepts one of more than 100 Better Bears from Life Scout Reis Hill as Lt. Col. Brittany Kull, Winn’s chief of hospital education, looks on. Reis created the bears for her Eagle Scout project to help comfort children visiting the ER.

Sept. 4, 2025

Eagle Scout candidate’s project makes Winn ER visits bearable for children

FORT STEWART, Ga. — When her brother got sick as a child, only one thing offered him a small bit of comfort: a small stuffed animal that was there for him through his hospital stay. Today, Life Scout Reis Hill used that memory as the inspiration behind her Better Bears Eagle Scout project, donating more than 100 hand-made bears to Winn Army Community Hospital’s emergency department Sept. 2 to complete one of the final requirements to earn Scouting America’s highest award.

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