Kids & Family

DuPage Sheriff's Office Gives Stuffed Bunnies To Kids In Hospital

Two detectives joined forces with Peter Cottontail to bring smiles to children at Central DuPage Hospital.

The officers spent part of Easter making special deliveries of the stuffed bunnies.
The officers spent part of Easter making special deliveries of the stuffed bunnies. (DuPage County Sheriff's Office)

WINFIELD, IL -- Members of the DuPage County Sheriff's Office's Special Response Unit joined forces with the Easter Bunny to bring smiles to children at Central DuPage Hospital. The officers and the Easter Bunny himself delivered stuffed bunnies to kids in the hospital's Pediatrics Care Unit on Easter Sunday.

Detectives Crane and O'Neill visited with the children and gifted them the colorful stuffed bunnies, posing for pics with the kids and hospital staff. The stuffed bunnies were donated by the Easter Bunny Foundation, which organizes personal visits from the Easter Bunny to hospitalized kids throughout the U.S.

via DuPage County Sheriff's Office

In a post on Facebook, the DuPage County Sheriff's Office thanked Detectives Crane and O'Neill for spending their Easter spreading cheer to the children at Central DuPage Hospital.

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