Hundreds of Centra Credit Union employees convened for a training day at Brown County Music Center in Nashville on Monday, but part of the day also involved a large-scale service project that gives back to kids in the communities they serve.

The employees volunteered their time and stuffed hundreds of plush toys for the Teddy Bear Love Fund, a nonprofit that provides stuffed plush toys for hospitalized children.

Employees of Centra Credit Union gathered for a companywide training day Monday at Brown County Music Center in Nashville, which also included sessions in which workers stuffed plush toys that will be donated for hospitalized children. (Dave Stafford | Brown County Democrat)

“This is awesome,” said James Jones, a Centra insurance adviser who took part of Monday’s event. “Anything to give back to sick kids is at the top of my list.”

The goal was to stuff 850 toy bears for the Teddy Bear Love Fund, which distributes the toys to hospitals including Columbus Regional Health, Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, Ascension St. Vincent Jennings in North Vernon and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, according to Bonnie Shehan, president of the Columbus-based Teddy Bear Love Fund nonprofit.

Centra has locations In Nashville, Columbus, Seymour and elsewhere in central and southern Indiana.

Read more in the Oct. 23 edition of The Democrat.

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