Gummy Bear is ready for the road and National Passport Day, armed with her Pawsport from Build-a-Bear. Betsa Marsh photo
Gummy Bear, the new SATW Traveling Teddy for St. Joseph Consolidated School, is gearing up for National Passport Day Sept. 17. “Have pawsport, will roam” is the Traveling Teddy motto!
Gummy travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph in Hamilton, Ohio. The class named her in their first Traveling Teddy meet-and-greet. The Traveling Teddy program is a geography outreach of the Society of American Travel Writers, a group of travel professionals from the U.S. and Canada.
Gummy’s first adventure was close to home, visiting the Ohio Statehouse in the capital of Columbus. She got to check out the beautifully restored rotunda and count the memorials to President Abraham Lincoln. The 16th president once spoke on the lawn of the Statehouse.
Gummy Bear at the Ohio Statehouse. Betsa Marsh photos
Gummy with a Civil War cannon. Union troops once camped on the Ohio Statehouse lawn. Betsa Marsh photo
