She bulk buys 10- and 20-pound boxes of hypoallergenic stuffing. There are bulk orders of stuffed animal eyes, but now with clear ones available, she can mix colors to match old eyes or make new ones.

This place, Wendy Mitchell’s Stuffed Animal Rescue Foundation, is an ever-shifting work of art and heart that makes the liminal space between childhood fantasies and grownup responsibilities ...

Dean Heber at Winnipeg's Concordia Hospital with his stuffed companion. A surgeon worked to sew up the stuffed animal for Dean, who has special needs and spends months at a time in hospital.